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Makership as an Act of Resistance. No Serial Number magazine, 2018

Who can afford artisan goods? For a truly green business, we have to kick the money habit. lowimpact.org, 2018

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Guess what it is? (I decided to read the assembly Instructions after all. Even though I knew what it was.) www.theseisles.co #speedierhandweaving

Setting up my workshop in a conservatory in a Breton cottage for the next couple of months. The warmth of the woodburner comes through from the sitting room. My workbenches had some depressing black mould underneath but after a scrub the tasteless-but-invaluable overhead fan has dried them off. The skeins and cones get a good airing too - spring clean comes early! www.theseisles.co

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me nigh-dead oak leaves and a few old onion skins. Who'd have thought that they could bring such a warm glow?

Sea weaving with alpaca softening the Shetland in a silvery-grey Atlantic fog. #weavingtheseisles #celticcinematography

After tying 512 knots (my earlier estimate was grossly conservative), I'm ready for my absolute least favourite step: winding onto the back beam. 32' of tangles, inch by ******* inch. At least I love the colours. And no-one is cracking a whip over my head. (Paying yourself a pittance isn't a fraction of the discomfort as if it were someone else paying you a pittance.)

Loading sea warp onto the loom. The first step this time is threading each end (approx 300 of them) through the reed before doing 300 of the weaver's knot I learnt from a Gaelgore in a blackhouse on the Isle of Lewis. This is quicker than rethreading from scratch. Usually. #weavingtheseisles #these_isles #weavingthesea

The surf part of some sea weaving commissions. The frame creaks and, if I load a whole shawl's worth of yarn onto it at once, the pegs break. #weavingtheseisles #these_isles

Winding the warp for the beach part of some sea weaving commissions. In some ways the most exciting step in the process thanks to the colour play, though the more representative landscape weaving such as this takes some head work as well as heart and gut freedom. #weavingtheseisles #these_isles

Straight off the loom: scarves and snugs fresh from the Breton woods. #weavingtheseisles #these_isles

Zen spinning my arse. My treadle leg has got cramp, my back is aching, the wheel kept moving away across the floor despite being on a rug with rubber underlay, and my first 50 yards of yarn broke every yard. And carding isn't exactly a piece of cake either. The final yarn is a nice colour but the air is blue. #weavingtheseisles #notspinningtheseisles

Autumn scarves fresh off the loom #handwoven in #these_isles

First lesson in plant dyes, with thanks to Sue Craig. #vegetabledyeing #weavingtheseisles

Ophelia in the Autumn. I splashed out on some inspiring painted wool. Eloïse of #these_isles is itching to get #naturalplantdyeing www.theseisles.co

Postcards have arrived! Peddling tricky ideas, These Isles woves, pretty flowers and sublime seas. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/theseisles

The week's work in Harris, Shetland, Alpaca and Yak. Bluebell shawl. Bluebell scarf. Woodland scarf. Bored dog. (He doesn't like Graceland at this volume.) #these_isles #handweaving

Lavender field with flash of marigold warp #weaving #these_isles

Lavender field warp chaos #handweaving #these_isles

Weaving sunlight in a bluebell wood. (Where on earth is the rotate option in Instagram?)

Weaving the sea again. The warp on the back of the loom -- view from the side. Shetland and Harris with Alpaca this time. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/theseisles

Going for the undyed earthen rusticity that I first set out to weave

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