Donna Smith: Langsoond Shetland Wool
Put the kettle on and join us as Donna Smith pops over to the blog to tell us all about starting a yarn business and her yarn Langsoond.
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Reasons to be cheerful – TEXTURE!
I just blooming love it when the weather turns colder and we need to wear a wee bit more wool. And you know what else I love? Texture! Whether it is a wool with a beautiful character or a design with a beautifully structured, or textured appearance, ooh! they want to jump right on my needles.
Focus on Haps: Kate Davies
in my third snapshot of hap designs, we look at how the traditional notion of the hap shawl has been used as inspiration for a new, fresh approach. Today’s haps are by Kate Davies.
episode 18: in conversation with Karie Westermann
Here Karie Westermann and I have a really lovely chinwag about our 2014 and look forward to plans for 2015
In the Loop 3.5
Last week I had a really enjoyable couple of days at the In the Loop 3.5 Conference here in Shetland. I didn’t manage the whole thing, and I am not going to abstract the whole thing (I believe there will be a special edition on Textiles next year, which will do that for you), but I really wanted to share with you one or two of the stand out speakers.