Shetland lace scarf. Fine, soft wool from Shetland black lambs. Slivers of tussah silk vein and marble the black with light and luxury. Entirely hand-made.
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Fleeces - a double posting! In the new year the wool will come back to us in boxes, spun and wound into balls ready for us to package.
Double Posting
After Denise's recent surgery, and whilst we re-assess what we do, we've decided to take a break from providing spinning, dyeing and gansey-knitting tuition
Tuition?
Tomorrow, Denise will be on the morning flight from Benbecula to Stornoway. She'll be back a week later for the 4 Rs: Rest and Recuperation ...
The 4 Rs: Rest and Recuperation, Research and Reorientation
As Autumn advances, visitors to the islands become few and far between and the roads and beaches fall quiet. So too at The Hebridean Woolshed! Down-Time approaches!
Down-Time
When you've been working at a craft for nearly 40 years - for a living, not a hobby - it takes more than a re-hash of previous books to stimulate the imagination. But then along comes a book like Yarnitecture!
Yarnitecture
Sunshine under Gray Clouds: Just out of the dyehouse: Cheviot wool dyed with ragwort flowers over alum mordant, The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist
Sunshine under Gray Clouds
A reminder to all of our new Eriskay Gansey Knitting course, to be held first in early 2017. A few places remain.
Eriskay Gansey Knitting
This latest kit from the Hebridean Woolshed is for two Uist Felt Purses - made with wool from both black Hebridean and white Cheviot sheep, grown in Uist.