Notes From The Weave Shed

Tune in to BBC Radio Scotland where you can listen to my chat with Rachel from Out Of Doors along with my friend Diana about finding...

Blönduós, a small town in the north of Iceland, is home to the Icelandic Textile Centre, a renowned institution that celebrates and...

Blönduós, a small town in the north of Iceland, is home to the Icelandic Textile Centre, a renowned institution that celebrates and...

A wonderful surprise over the winter, winning the Inches Carr Craft Bursary: Established Maker, means an exciting change in location for...

For the past six years I've been weaving in my beautiful studio in Kincardine O'Neil by the River Dee, but as the business has grown, so...

I’ve mostly shied away from sharing much of myself or anything from my personal life when it came to my work, always hiding behind a...

The full collection of yarn I created for my Seasons Of The Sea tapestry project for Collect Art Fair later this month! This was a...

Making the dye pots up were a lot of fun. It was fascinating to see the colour start to emerge from the plant materials, some very...

I really enjoyed exploring natural dyes for the first time with this project. Using materials sourced close to home to dye my hand spun...

C A R D I N G Once the fleece had been washed and dried the next step was to card it. I used a hand powered drum carder which has fine...

During the next few weeks I’m going to be sharing the making of my new collection “Seasons of the Sea” with you all. They have been made...

I recently took a trip up to Dornoch to take a few photos of my new Artisan Collection. It's absolutely beautiful at this time of year...