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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: December 2012

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Saturday, 29 December 2012. Hope all our Blog Friends had a happy Christmas! Here is Tuppy our ram celebrating in the only way he knows how - a mouthful of hay. And, here is the first picture of my "new" loom from Uist. Well, bits of it laid out on the floor. Spent a jolly few hours the other day scraping layers of wool bits off some of the parts. Sorry the pic is a bit blurry, my hand must have been shaking with the excitement! Posted by Scalpay Linen.

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: May 2012

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Thursday, 24 May 2012. Q What could be more exciting than the arrival of the Olympic flame on the Isle of Lewis next month? A The arrival of the GB Junior Synchronised Swimming Team on Croft 37 this morning! They are all wearing the same uniform, so that's a good start. Their trainer, Mrs Duck is keeping a close eye on their freestyle! Posted by Scalpay Linen. Tuesday, 22 May 2012. What makes a summer? Posted by Scalpay Linen. Monday, 21 May 2012.

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Thursday, 4 April 2013. Just tying in a warp which is destined to be floor runners. It is a lovely worsted yarn with a fine nylon binder, twisted very firmly so it makes a great warp. I've sleyed one end per dent, so it's a quick one to warp, draft and tie-in, which makes a change from the linen. The weft is a very unusual beige boucle wool from Andrew at Northbank Mills. This is fun on the pirn winder and also in the shuttles, but finishes beautifully.

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: June 2013

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Tuesday, 25 June 2013. To anyone who may be that way inclined, I know of a 40" Mark 1 Hattersley loom for sale. If you are interested, please let me know and I'll pass your enquiry on. As I don't have a pic of the loom, here's one of our Cheviot ram, who, incidentally, is looking for a new home too, Good-natured chap who produces excellent lambs.. Posted by Scalpay Linen. Sunday, 2 June 2013. Also new on the scene, and using the same warp as the L/W ...

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: February 2012

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Thursday, 23 February 2012. Introducing the "Buth Scalpaigh" cafe curtains at the earliest stage of their production! Scalpay Linen have decided to design and weave an exclusive cloth in celebration of the opening of the new community shop and cafe at the beginning of April. This cloth will be gifted by us and made into curtains for the cafe. We hope to be updating the blog on progress of the cloth. Posted by Scalpay Linen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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The Process - Clipping and Carding

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The Process: 1.Clipping and Carding. The wool and mohair is clipped, and then washed several. Times before being spun and dyed. Here’s Jolin getting his 1st clip which is the most beautiful mohair of all. It is then carded into rollags on a drumcarder. This is the raw, washed mohair on the left and rollags on the right. The Process: 2.Spinning and Dyeing. The yarn is hand-spun by Sallie and Sheila Rodrick of Scalpay Linen. This is a funny spinning wheel that was homemade and although. The Process: 3....

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Tuesday, 25 June 2013. To anyone who may be that way inclined, I know of a 40" Mark 1 Hattersley loom for sale. If you are interested, please let me know and I'll pass your enquiry on. As I don't have a pic of the loom, here's one of our Cheviot ram, who, incidentally, is looking for a new home too, Good-natured chap who produces excellent lambs.. Posted by Scalpay Linen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Chloe the Scalpay Linen Virtual Sheep.

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Sunday, 2 June 2013. It's all go at Scalpay Linen. We are still assembling Hattersley looms at various locations in Harris ready for the new independent weavers to get started. Cloth design and innovation are the watchwords currently. The boucle and worsted yarns I mentioned in the last post have now been combined and hand-finished to make the most gorgeous snuggly fabric. Also interesting to see what Hebridean Felt mades of Nuno'ing it! Adopt your ow...

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: May 2013

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Thursday, 9 May 2013. After a trip to the mill we have two more Harris Tweeds available. The first is a six shuttle, six colour one which I did just to make sure I still could! Now I don't usually make traditional sorts of tweeds but this one is quite nice, even to my jaundiced eye! It has an autumnal aura about it and would make very natty ladies jackets, perhaps worn with a dark blue skirt. As always these tweeds are non-repeatable. Mary-Ann's Cotta...

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides: September 2013

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Scalpay Linen - Hand weavers from the Outer Hebrides. Friday, 6 September 2013. The weather has been variable but mainly good - not hot but enough warmth and rain to get a really good growth of grass going. Lambing was terrific without any requiring bottle-fed this year. This is the warp in situ - it represents a wall originally painted that horrid custardy colour that has been exposed to the elements. The warp starts as beigy and then transforms into custard and then out into a dully watery grey&#46...