As the wind rises and the summer sunlight begins to fade my fingers are enjoying the rustic textures of Hebridean wool and minimally-processed Shetland wool pressed against deer antler bone and ram horn toggles and buttons.
“The tactile delight of rough, rustic wool and smooth bone.”
The flowing shapes of found deer antler tips, always individual, are beautiful fastenings for little hand knitted, woollen waist pouches. I love these pouches for foraging.
And little round, hand-cut antler buttons work harmoniously with a Hebridean aran wool bodice. Next I’ll be playing with found Scottish Blackface ram horns, sawing it slices and drilling button holes. Think I’ll use those on a cardi I’ve knitted in a Harris tweed wool I hand-plied on my drop-spindle.
As we are all part of nature we feel the quickening in early Spring, a tingling of life force awakening inside us, a desire to rampage into newness. I wonder if like the sap in plant stems that is suddenly rising and full of vigour, we too have this response in our bodies. All things …
Deer rush down from the mountains of Harris and the broad swathes of moorland drawn by the fresh, new growth of grass to soar over fences. And so it is with us humans. Deep inside we run with the deer; we too feel the machair sap rising and in the rhythm of the tide, the …
Tha an fhuil làidir. The blood is strong. Harris Tweed and Shetland wool. Hebridean wool from our native sheep. Harris wool tagged by weavers captured for knitting.
Inspiration: rough fibres and smooth bone
As the wind rises and the summer sunlight begins to fade my fingers are enjoying the rustic textures of Hebridean wool and minimally-processed Shetland wool pressed against deer antler bone and ram horn toggles and buttons.
The flowing shapes of found deer antler tips, always individual, are beautiful fastenings for little hand knitted, woollen waist pouches. I love these pouches for foraging.
And little round, hand-cut antler buttons work harmoniously with a Hebridean aran wool bodice. Next I’ll be playing with found Scottish Blackface ram horns, sawing it slices and drilling button holes. Think I’ll use those on a cardi I’ve knitted in a Harris tweed wool I hand-plied on my drop-spindle.
2 replies to “Inspiration: rough fibres and smooth bone”
Mel
I found a piece of a deer antler in our yard the other day. I’ll have to think on what use it can serve.
Inner Wild
left by the deer faeries for you to make buttons and toggles, beautiful x
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