Finally sorted all the sari ribbon

After the sari ribbon has dried....takes a while at the mo.

I sort into packs

short lengths

and super silk threads from fraying......great for texture in

felt making or spinning.

Yipeee...outdoor drying day!

So pleased to get a decent "drying outside" day.

The sun had gone in by the time I remembered to take pictures.

But it was a lovely sunny day in Largs today.

World book day.....fraggle, horrible histories and Obelisk

World book day at school.

Go dressed as a favourite character.

Jacob - Fraggle Rock....Wembley

Hope - Horrible histories ......Egyptian fashionista

Caleb - Asterix......Obelisk

Such fun! And you take in a book to donate to 

the children of Mankunkha in Malawi.

Organized in partnership with Largs Rotary.

More Vintage/soft shades silk

Silk caps and silk laps (below)

were todays jobs.

Dying silk filature....soft and vintage

A customer request for pale vintage colours was today's dying job.

hand dyed and hand spun yarns

Hand dyed by me

 and Hand spun by Rita

yarn and thread packs

naturals and brights.

stormy sky and blue seas

Harris tweed XL creativity pack

Hand spun and hand dyed yarn and silk

Upcycled wool blanket hand dyed

small creativity pack.

Hand dyed Cotton scrim.....

Cotton scrim......lots of potential

Nuno felting ?

This is a piece of scrim I've felted into 

to create a background.

creative embroidery?

Another necklace

Another necklace for a present.

This time using a silk string that I dyed to match.

Lovely findings again by Mizgeorge.

Oooooo I do love a silk hankie!

Silk hankies dyed and awaiting creative people to play with....

nothing quite like spun silk hankies!

linen top for some texture!

Happy Birthday Zoe.....my first necklace

Very pleased with my first proper necklace

using one of my own beads.

The beautiful sterling silver fittings were made by
Mizgeorge.

Thanks to Glyn for instructions and supply list 

for making up leather thong with silver fittings.

more playing with glass........beads and pebbles

Have invested in a kiln to allow me to anneal my beads

so when I get better can put them into my

creativity packs and also make presents.

Playing with ideas for making pebble beads....

Glass effects are amazing

still needing lots of practice shaping but it's so much fun

and a great challenge!

Working on new top up Forrest packs.....

Forrest felting pack

pre felt

yummy yarns!

Creative textiles packs.

stormy grey's.....keeping with the pebble theme.

silk rods

mulberry bark

wool pre felt

silk filature

silk hankies

more pebble dying!

Oooooo we are excited!

We are thrilled to have been accepted to show at

WOOLFEST 2014!

We are already planning a new stand layout

and well simply can't wait!

Will keep you updated with news about this years 

10th anniversary show.

Lots of lovely tops and a wee accident!

Although I did manage to dye up some lovely tops

for a customer this week.

You can see Suzanne's work here

and at the Seagull gallery in Gourock.

I managed to slip in my back garden hitting the stepping

stones on the way down.....ouchy!

Luckily no breakages but lots of bruises.

Feeling quite sorry for myself.

Starting to feel a bit better today and getting ready for

a very exciting trip.

We are going to meet a felt making group in 

Howwood on Wednesday!

Working on new felted pebble fabrics

I have been working on a new range of 

felted pebble fabrics.

This piece is beautifully soft with luxurious alpaca

felted over the pebble design

Below I love these holey pieces made with a very fine felt....

It's great to play!