With over 200 colourful pages, the second issue of Yarn - The Journal of Scottish Yarns, Autumn / Winter 2022 is a must for any textile, knit or crochet devotee.
Featured patterns includeKnitting:
Dullieach yoked jumper by Lucy Hague using The Birlinn Yarn Company
Aggie the Highland Cow intarsia jumper by Sylvia Watts-Cherry using Di Gilpin Lalland
Portmoak Moss beanie hat by Louise Mossom using Jamiesons of Shetland Spindrift
Moness large rectangular shawl by Maddie Harvey using The Silly Sheep Fibre Company’s laceweight yarn
Bemersyde triangular shawl by Samira Hill using Cookston Crafts/Ripples Craft yarn
Harris the Highlan Cow toy by Kirsten Bedigan using Jamieson & Smith Jumperweight
Crochet:
- Eildon Woods yoked jumper by Samira Hill using Black Isle Yarns Auchen yarn
Droman jumper by Merrian Holland using Jamieson’s of Shetland DK
Dunkeld slipper socks by Marta Mitchell using New Lanark Spinning Aran weight
Embroidery:
- Rainbow Ram Embroidery sampler by Susie Finlayson, based on sheep head motif on inside cover, illustration by Mandy Tait/Natty Maid, using Bow Fiddle Yarns embroidery threads
Featured articles include:
Di Gilpin: a retrospective on the career - so far - of knitwear designer and Scottish textile advocate
The Princes Trust Future Textiles programme: with specifics from The Library of Knit, a Knitwise project which Di Gilpin worked on culminating in an installation in the arboreteum of Dumfries House in Ayrshire
The origins of Tartan: commemorating the 200th anniversary of Gorge IV visit to Edinburgh in 1822
The Silly Sheep Fibre Company: story of yarn from a croft on Shetland and their adventures with several sheep breeds
Jennie Howes, SkyBluePink Designs: evolution of a life in crafting from learning as a child through to operating a shop in Berwick-upon-Tweed, teaching crafts and selling handspun yarn
Black Isle Yarns: story of a small yarn producer who gathers fleece from smallholdings on the Black Isle and hand dyes the spun yarn using natural plant dyes
Woven Identities: Tartan meets Koru by Maori artist Mitchell Manuel: an exploration cultural heritage and symbolism inspired by Scottish ancestry, based on the autumn exhibition at the Smith Gallery in Stirling
A view of New Zealand from emigrating Scots via the Diaspora Tapestry
