Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchluaidh founder Frances Dunlop teaching a waulking song
chorus and text snippet of one of the Waulking Songs
these movements accompany the final song for the rolling up and padding of the cloth
Hilary Weir, chairman from the Ramses Wissa Wassef exhibition trust with one of the Egyptian tapestries for sale and display
Wool tapestry
cotton tapestries
Eileen talking with Hilary
angora mittens and other knits from Norway
" from sheep to dress", Estonian youth project
the long legged girls from Saarema Island
crochet effects on woven tapestry
rug woven straight from raw fleece on pegloom and then washed
felted pictures from plant dyed wool and picture kits
dye plants
rigid heddle loom with good effects created by raised or sunk threads via ruler behind reed
sample of pattern with 4-shaft table loom
bag tabby (plain) woven on rigid heddle loom with special pattern in weft and warp
belt of bag with felted cloth upon which cord is embroidered
bag woven entirely out of inkle belts; with beads decorated
rare breed wool animals show
Wensleydale in centre
the world's biggest knitting needles!
this piece needed needles only of broom stick width!
not to forget the essential: the place is alive with music...
Hebridean
Hebridean Sheep Society Stall with Parkland Hebridean material for display
knit-felted bag from Hebridean wool
Hebridean wool bag making kit
the local sheep: the colourful Herdwick
freshly shorn (kemp rich) Herdwick wool spun thick for rug-weaving
Herdwick wool rugs
Herdwick natural blended with dyed Herdwick
brown Wensleydale!
highly strung Tesswater ewe calling for its mate in the show ring
Angora goats
freshly shorn Alpaca
North Ronaldsay Ram led from the ring (and by the horns) by keepers young daughter
white North Ronaldsay
Lana Norman demonstrating how to spin chunky Herdwick (one of her 600 flock) on a small wheel
Verene trying her hand on spinning Herdwick as a chunky thread
cushion cover: front = pegloom woven (Herdwick = middle stripe)
velcro fitted cushion back (inlay cotton; bought )
that's the distances for the pegs for weaving a solid rug; jute warp; but what are the white wool thread rows for?
a bit of a felted tapestry + two colour dyed skein
more tapestries - felt?
Creatve felt balls - creative arrangements with them are done by the visitors
from same stall: fiery felts!
and a fiery felt eye!
button rich handbags
rare breed felt craft stall
we were looking for tools and equipment for our rug weaving
could Galgael produce this kind of shuttle?
fab felted bags from the Twist Fibrecrafts, Newburgh
these are a good inspiration for weaving cushions on a rigid heddle
a Saori folding loom, at the Hemp-weavers stall
and this is the loom folded
rainbow coloured hemp garments, woven on the Saori
fine fairies and pegloom rugs
homemade buttons
wool rings for hairbands: what is inside?
colour galore
here that amazing rainbow pegloom woven rug again; made of lots of different odds and ends, sometimes crochet together to make firmer weft yarn
gnomies! - you know me :-)
from a felter n Alloa: 3-dimensional landscapes with wirebranched trees
knitted and felted bag: 2 diamond shaped squares, started in corner
Eileen's fairy 'Josephine'
she is BEAUTIFUL!
