tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63086229334947715222023-11-16T05:13:09.729-06:00Singing WeaverTravel along as I take folks on an unforgettable journey of Scotland. Threads, Ruins and Tunes takes us from the Borders and Lowlands,to the Highlands and Islands seeking out fiber artists, musicians and historical sites that make this country so special.singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-84612816462385345602014-06-01T19:57:00.000-05:002014-06-01T19:57:07.401-05:002104 Tour Day Fourteen<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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On the last day of tour we stop at <a href="http://www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk/">Stirling Castle.</a> For the past decade, weavers at Stirling and at <a href="http://www.westdean.org.uk/tapestry/tapestryhomepage.aspx">West Dean Tapestry studio</a> have been weaving a set of seven tapestries for the recently refurbished King James V Palace based on "<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/search-for-the-unicorn/about-the-tapestries">The Hunt of the Unicorn"</a> tapestries on display at the Cloisters Museum in New York City. I've been visiting the castle since 2007 and can't quite imagine the place without weavers working away in the studio. The last peice, based on two fragments, "The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn" will be finished in the autumn of 2014 when it will join the other tapestries in the palace. <br />
Tapestry artist, <a href="http://www.emmajowebster.com/">Emma Jo Webster</a> talked to us about the project.<br />
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<a href="http://www.joanbaxter.com/">Joan Baxter </a>is an internationally known tapestry artist and weaver. Joan trained in Edinburgh and Poland and has been weaving tapestry commissions for over 30 years. She is currently finishing a series of 24 small tapestries based on "The Weaver", a short story by Orkadian George Mackay Brown. Here is a link to a video clip of the performance piece of a dancer and the 3 weavings Joan wove in 2012-2013 inspried by the story, "<a href="https://vimeo.com/57869818">Between the Web and the Loom</a>."<br />
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<br />Orkney is brimming with makers of jewelry, knitting, felting, weaving, ceramics, musical instruments, and chairs. Jackie and Marlene Miller have run <a href="http://www.scapacrafts.co.uk/">Scapa Crafts</a> for 20 years. They make chairs of oatstraw, sisal, and wood.<br />
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We go to the Kirbister Farm Museum on West Mainland on Orkney to see the rare breed North Ronaldsay sheep. However, one is drawn in by the lilt of caretaker Neil's Orkadian accent and the smell of the burning peat fire. The self-sufficient Orkadians fished, farmed, made rope, baskets, and chairs out of straw and lived with the animals in one end of house and the people in the other. <br />
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On Day 10 we travel up the NW coast from Ullapool, all the way accross to Tongue. A stop at <a href="http://www.smoocave.org/">Smoo Cave</a> near Durness to stretch our legs provides a big bang for just a short walk.<br />
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-3702969210728675522014-05-20T02:13:00.003-05:002014-05-20T02:13:51.554-05:002014 Tour Day Nine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://ww.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lewis/calanais" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgwpkXFb6Yv9WxrJCIFXLEWYqXTcw1PpSgu8oSor4429RHAhmjLEBQdHyXLaUpLdJDRjdd-j2_CHCdDxsYOGeOwQAtL7EEXcntjbQAc-cO4VXC3h316_As4-6dUaatebvQ4l__nIbaky3/s320/IMGA0591.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334080596502537906" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 236px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a></span>You may have visited a stone circle somewhere in the world. There is nothing like visiting a stone site with an archeolgist such as Margaret Curtis. She has lived in the area and worked on <a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lewis/calanais">Callenish</a> Isle of Lewis for over 30 years. She has a new book just out with discoveries made from aerial photographic examination of the site. <span style="font-size: 100%;"> Despite what felt like gale force winds, we dutifully followed Margaret
around the formation as she engaged and enlighted us with her
enthusiastic and informative insight into the mysteries of the stones.</span><br />
<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-14691259972258168882014-05-19T02:18:00.001-05:002014-05-19T02:18:45.353-05:002014 Tour Day Eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At an unlikey gallery, the upstairs of the An Clachan grocery store in
Leverburgh on the southern tip of Harris, is displayed a wonderful labour of
love. Gillian Scott-Forrest instigated the Harris Millenium Project. A series of
hangings was designed, one for each part of the island.<br />
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The tweed fabric and
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living on Harris, 90 were involved in the project. The images on each hanging
depict both history and current events from each area of the island. Each of
the 8 panels are 5' x 2 1/2'. <br />
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Today we travelled from Aberdeenshire all the way to the Isle of Skye. Along the way we saw lochs, waterfalls, mountains, hairy coos, sheep, gorse covered slopes, and most especially beautiful spring colors. <br />
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Folks ask why I lead tours of Scotland in the spring. The glory of Highlands and Islands in springtime is one of the reasons.<br />
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<a href="http://www.shanty.co.uk/G&T/">Trish Norman</a> performed a house concert for us last night. Enjoy her song about flax and linen as you watch today's video.<br />
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We take a break from travel for one day to work with our hands. <a href="http://www.somethingcorny.co.uk/">Elaine Lindsey</a> is a master straw artist from Inverurie. She teaches internationally and explores all facets of straw work in her art. Elaine loves researching and reproducing traditional designs but also enjoys designing her own contemporary pieces. <br />
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I play the traditional Scottish tune, "Harvest Home" hornpipe to accompany the "making" in the following video. <br />
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-6822410143284578062014-05-10T01:44:00.004-05:002014-05-10T01:52:39.571-05:002014 Tour Day FiveDundee lies on the River Tay and was once known for Jute, Journalism, and Jam. Dundee is now home to two fine museums. Discovery Point about Admiral Scott's polar expeditions and his ship, the "Discovery and Verdant Works Jute Mill Museum.<br />
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In it's heyday, Dundee was called “Jutopolis.” Over 50,000 workers worked in the jute mills. Verdant Works Jute Mill, built in 1833 , was the 16th largest of 61 milles. The last of the jute mills closed in 1997. <a href="http://www.rrsdiscovery.com/index.php?pageID=130">Verdant Works</a> is the focus of today's video.<br />
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Read more information and see many photos about both museums, in 2011 Day 5 blog post.<br />
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We had a free day in Edinburgh. Travellers scattered to the wind to explore the Royal Mile or venues in "new town." We gathered Friday night for a concert at Teviot House at Edinburgh University. The Tradfest is on just now in the city. It brings musicians from Scotland and other places in the world to perform.<br />
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We were lucky to be here the night the Scottish folk band "<a href="http://breabach.com/">Breabach</a>" was playing. They are gaining an international reputation with recent tours to Australia and New Zealand. James Lindsay, the son of our he teacher for the straw weaving workshop on Day 6 is the bass player in the band. So it was a real treat to see the 5 member band perform live after hearing their recorded music on cd and on BBC Radio Scotland's "<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tlyrt">Travelling Folk</a>" program. <br />
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<i>Again for the moment, my video of a tune they performed is not uploading properly. Once I can upload you will get to see and hear Breabach right here. Until then, visit their website above and enjoy photos from Edinburgh below.-</i>Nadine<br />
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-29731205119143505722014-05-10T01:07:00.001-05:002014-05-10T01:07:42.585-05:002014 Tour Day Three<i>My new video about the Falls of Clyde at New Lanark is not uploading properly. Until I can troubleshoot the issue, below is information and photos from a previous visit to New Lanark</i>.--Nadine<br />
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New Lanark World Heritage Site is the site of a former mill where cotton was spun. Today, in one of the restored mill buildings, there is a small production of wool yarn being spun on a large spinning mule for the sake of education and for profit.<br />
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The school was built by money generated from the company store which was run as a cooperative. New Lanark was the first cooperative that lead to the foundation of The Co-op, a grocery store still thriving around the country today. In school not only were reading, writing, and arithmetic taught, but the children studied dancing, music, and nature studies.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oDQ3guacduHEj_TmEtHGtGjjB6xpcgZRO5_DcYSYmosHpfLT14Udkl0pIFM45VKXmp8lmuj6rQHo7CxELSQLAQi3sPQgpwbE8stDtaptnnpxuqd-tNEmdg6TEzCd3ObOB6-ySO-Sil3Z/s1600/IMGA0798.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oDQ3guacduHEj_TmEtHGtGjjB6xpcgZRO5_DcYSYmosHpfLT14Udkl0pIFM45VKXmp8lmuj6rQHo7CxELSQLAQi3sPQgpwbE8stDtaptnnpxuqd-tNEmdg6TEzCd3ObOB6-ySO-Sil3Z/s320/IMGA0798.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606618543852974770" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 236px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>The workers lived in buildings just across from the mill. A family of 10 may share one room, but they were warm, well fed, and had health care provided by the mill doctor. The work day started at 6 a.m with a breakfast break at 9 a.m. and lunch break in the middle of the afternoon. The work day ended at 7pm. The mill ran 6 days a week and was closed on Sunday. They produced 50,000 miles of cotton per week. The mill operated until 1968 when it could not operate profitably. The mill buildings sat empty and fell into disrepair from the elements and vandalism. A foundation saw the value in restoring the site and started the vast restoration of the mill in the 1970’s. The restoration still continues today. The newest addition is a roof garden on top of one of the mill buildings.<br />
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The site is a glorious example of public and private cooperation to preserve an important part of Scottish history and t<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZTLNTuWXv03xzF1M_7P3C9K3i3KFuh6f5YYOdpriU56e5NkDNeRDRYtQYqI79BmsyigWDVUV4hyAMNQsccVhb-OEBPFMY6zOfjyGw064YZEI7wk1LsZj2VN-IQB7PnFplpO5AnBnz7V9/s1600-h/New+Lanark+roof+garden.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZTLNTuWXv03xzF1M_7P3C9K3i3KFuh6f5YYOdpriU56e5NkDNeRDRYtQYqI79BmsyigWDVUV4hyAMNQsccVhb-OEBPFMY6zOfjyGw064YZEI7wk1LsZj2VN-IQB7PnFplpO5AnBnz7V9/s320/New+Lanark+roof+garden.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329258624806307730" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 236px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" /></a>o educate generations to come. Today 150 people live on the site. Many visitors may only take the Annie McLeod ride. But I encourage you visit the school building, visit Robert Owen's house, spend time looking through the exhibits in Mill buildings 1 and 2 and the housing block, and take the hike to all 3 water falls.<br />
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We spent the day in Paisley. The town has a history of weavers but before they wove the popular paisley pattern in the 1800's, they were known for their fine cotton and linen gauze weaving. To achieve the patterns in the fine cloth, they used draw looms. When the Jacquard loom was developed, these became the tool of the skilled weavers.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/webcontent/home/services/leisure+and+culture/arts+and+museums/els-jcp-paisleymuseum">Paisley Museum</a> houses a fine collection of Paisley shawls and an excellent display of the equipment used in the trade. Dan Coughlan, weaver, loom technician and curator showed us how some of the equipment worked.<br />
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To read a detailed account of the Paisley Museum and other venues we visit in Paisley, see the blog post from 2012, Day 2<br />
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I'm back in Scotland with a new group of travellers. This year everyone on the trip is from the U.S. The 2014 blog will focus on one venue or event from each day of the 14 day tour. On Tuesday, April 29 our textile-focused venue was <a href="http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Weavers-Cottage/About/">The Weavers Cottage</a> in Kilbarchan. Just 20 minutes outside of Glasgow, this cottage, run by the National Trust of Scotland, shows how handloom weavers lived and worked in this town. The building dates back to 1723, but there is evidence weavers were working in the town in the late 1600's. <br />
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Christine Macleod has been the head weaver in the cottage since the 1990's. In a typical weaver's cottage, the man wove on the loom which occupied the lower level of the house. The women and children did the spinning, supplying the "copps", the yarn for the weft of the weaving. In the 1800's the weavers took on contract work, getting the warp and weft materials from a "jobber" and weaving to their specifications. Most weaving shifted from hand loom cottage industry to power loom weaving done in factories in the second half of the 1800's. A very small number of handloom weavers continued on into the 1900's with speciality work. On of the last ones, Willie Meikle, wove tartan and double sided cloth into the middle of the 20th century. His loom, over 200 years old, is the one still used in the Weaver's Cottage.<br />
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"Jenny Dang the Weaver" is a traditional Scottish tune I played on my fiddle for the video below.<br />
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-88581082160051257492013-05-13T10:53:00.005-05:002013-05-13T10:53:58.743-05:00Day Fourteen, 29 April 2013The final day of the tour takes us from Inverness via Stirling, back to Glasgow where we started. 2013 will stand out as the tour we traveled on the most B roads, the latest arrival of spring, the most prompt group of travelers to date, and a plethora of newborn lambs, After 6 tours, give me a week to regroup, and I'm looking forward to next year. Join me April 29-May 12, 2014!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scotland is a cheese lover's paradise. We stopped at the House of Bruar food hall to purchase picnic food.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rudy has been weaving on the Unicorn tapestry project at Stirling Castle for 7 years</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A section of the last tapestry being woven at the castle. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we visited the castle in 2012, this piece had been been started Oct 2011. See the ink around on the warps with cartoon in the background. This is the same section as the now woven piece above.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The color print out from the final piece being woven . Only fragments of the 7th original tapestry remained at the Cloisters Museum in New York. Historic Scotland wanted an entire piece, so the tapestry titled "Sight" from the <br />
Cluny Museum's set of Unicorn tapestries was used for this design.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weaving studio was built at Stirling Castle for the 13 year long project. Some of the tapestries were woven at West Dean Tapestry Studio in England.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharolene with the animated castle guide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Start of the Hunt" now hangs with the other completed tapestries in King James V Royal Palace at Stirling. The tapestries were woven for the refurbishing of the palace. There are records King James V had many tapestries in the palace. However, none remain. The original Unicorn tapestries are from the same time frame, earyly 1500's , so were chosen as the set to reproduce.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the oak Stirling Heads in the Royal Palace. Tapestries were not the only things recreated for the palace restoration. All 56 heads were carved anew based on 38 originals and drawings. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sad goodbyes were said by all to our wonderful driver/guide Karen from Rabbies Trailburners. Just a few days after our trip Karen and coach mascot, Callie, were back on the road taking a group of photographers on a wee wander around the country.<br />
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-80857522929247981582013-05-13T09:09:00.000-05:002013-05-13T09:22:09.112-05:00Day Thirteen, 28 April 2013Goodbye to the islands as today we headed back to the mainland and made our way south from Scrabster to Inverness along the North Sea. We stop to visit the studios of <br />
Steve Clark and Joan Baxter. Joan will be teaching in the U.S. in 2013. If you enjoy tapestries, Joan's website is worth a visit. <a href="http://www.joanbaxter.com/">www.joanbaxter.com</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Emigrant Statue in Helmsdale honors the Scottish people who were forced off the land by the Highland clearances and emigrated to countries all over the world. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visit Ford House where Steve Clarke fashions beautiful blades from recycled steel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve is also a master gardner and has created a woodland paradise and garden on their property</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan's winter trees with sticks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Baxter is a most innovative tapestry artist. She has started dyeing her warps and leaving unwoven areas as part of the design. Joan dyes all the yarns in her tapestries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan is doing a body of work, 24 small pieces based on a story by Orkadian poet, George Mackay Brown, for each month of the year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane touches the stone wall of rembrance at the Culloden Battlefield visitor centre. The centre commorates the final defeat of the Jacobites on 16 April, 1746. </td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-60008403329588018822013-05-13T07:55:00.003-05:002013-05-13T07:55:20.263-05:00Day Twelve, 27 April 2013Kirkwall on main island, Orkney, was our home base for two days. The artists of Orkney have long published a craft trail guide to studios around the islands. The Orkney Islands are also known for the vast amount of archeological sites . During WW1 the British Fleet used Orkney as their base of operation. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jackie and Marlene Miller craft Orkney chairs from oatstraw and driftwood </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The straw backs are tied into the wood frame.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dot tries the child's chair which unlike Goldilocks wee bear chair attempt, does not break. Orkney chairs are made to last for decades.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathleen holds an actual skull found by her father in a burial tomb on their croft. The family operates the visitor center and tmob, and bronze age site as Tomb of the Eagles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carol Fletcher runs Skerries Bistro, an annual stop for a yummy lunch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A block ship next to one of the Churchhill barriers, now causeways between islands, is a popular dive site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glynn, my Glaswegian friend joined us on Orkney . She was fascinated by the Italian Chapel, built by Italian prisoners of war from 2 Nissan huts and recycled items. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melissa, Glynn, and Dot,observe a design for new Sheila Fleet ring. Martin, Sheila's son, is the business manger for the family run business his mom started 20 years ago. Sheila will receive an OBE, Order of British Empire in June from the Queen in London.</td></tr>
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-69472213183680911692013-05-12T21:50:00.002-05:002013-05-12T21:50:28.758-05:00Day Eleven, 25 April 2013The Pentland Ferry saved the day when rival Northlink Ferry broke down and canceled sailings to Orkney. We visited Skara Brae which pre-dates the pyramids, strolled around Stromness , viewed the Ring of Brodgar and finished at Highland Park Distillery. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stromness once known as a fishing port , is the home to current tidal energy research.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Sampling the Amber Nectar</td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-62333655919418109062013-05-12T21:27:00.001-05:002013-05-13T10:54:17.710-05:00Day Ten, 25 April 2013Catching the early ferry off the Isle of Lewis got us back to mainland Scotland by 9:30. We took a scenic B road back into the highlands. Except for sheep, the northwest is the least populated area of mainland Scotland. We drove through the Assynt, the newest geo park in Scotland. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stac Poly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Merry Band of Travelers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clare With the Infamous Cocoa Mountain Deluxe Beverage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoo Cave has a sea cliff entrance with the cavern extending several miles back inland.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somewhere Over the Rainbow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near Dunnet Head</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer in Castle Varrick Ruins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Twins. Farmers mark all newborn lambs with paint to match with the mother..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marilyn in Her New Plaid</td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-55020721440556016292013-05-12T19:45:00.003-05:002013-05-12T19:45:49.085-05:00Day Nine, 24 April 2013Gaelic is still spoken by the locals in the Hebridean islands. We visit Scalpay Linen on croft #37 on the Isle of Scalpay. John Finlay Ferguson's anscestors settled here after they left St. Kilda. <br />
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The Isle of Lewis is not a separate island from Harris, just divided by a river and in earlier days, owned by a different landowner and had a different form of governance than Harris. We visit a blackhouse village, a broch, and a stone circle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The public toilet in Scalpay village is useful an in a very scenic location</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Finlay at morning feeding time his flock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheila Roderick weaves linen and experiments with fabrics containing their Hebridean wool on a Hattersly loom. Fabric Sheila wove can be seen in some costuming from the recent The Hobbit movie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheila's linen fabrics</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A peat fire burning in one of the blackhouses at Gearrann village</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gearrannan was inhabited until the 1970's. Now restored, the village has a museum, cafe, youth hostel, and self-catering cottages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharolene between the double layered walls of Dun Carloway broch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dun Carloway Broch dates back to the Iron Age</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resident archeologist Margaret Curtis has studied the stone circles on Lewis for 40 years</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Margaret points out many details on the stones and about the alignment of the stones at Callenish</td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-11194863681456873512013-05-12T18:52:00.000-05:002013-05-12T19:06:03.669-05:00Day Eight, 23 April 2013The first ferry ride of the tour took us from Uig on the Isle of Skye to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris. Harris is famous for Harris Tweed and offers gorgeous beaches. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ferries between the Outer Hebridean islands transport people, livestock, goods, lorries, coaches, cycles, bikes, and people</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our journey takes 90 minutes and affords Jane bird watching time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Margaret takes in the fresh air, Lee shoots photos for his journal, Jane idenifies birds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen looks smashing in this outfit at the Harris Tweed Shop in Tarbert. But perhaps dressed a bit too dashing to drive our motley crew.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen and Nadine always take their jobs as trip leaders seriously.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dapper Lee tries on the Sherlock Holmes Harris Tweed bonnet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine Campbell carries on the tradition of 3 generations of tweed weavers and entices the sewers with a shed full of tweed fabrics</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite a squall coming in, the pristine white sand beaches at Luskentyre work their magic </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embroidered hairy coos on one of the Harris tapestres on display in Leverburgh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gillian Scott-Forrest, leaderof this millenium history project tells one of the dozens of interesting stories about this work to Melissa.</td></tr>
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Terry Bloomfield has woven tweed on Harris for 30 years. He also teaches the trade on the doublewidth loom and is an active member of the Weavers' Association which helps the Harris Tweed weavers source new parts and upgrade their looms. VIDEO WILL BE ADDED SOON<br />
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-25530620810240767882013-05-12T11:44:00.001-05:002013-05-12T11:44:55.852-05:00Day Seven, 22 April 2013This is the first day of mostly driving to travel from Inverurie on the east coast all the way over to the western Isle of Skye. Even with the very late arrival of spring this year, and numerous breezy showers today, through a dust storm near Inverness, the journey on single track B roads around lochs, over Applecross pass, the landscape was spectacular. <br />
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As I stated on the first day of the blog, for venues we visit on past tours, I refer you to the extensive writing I've included in 2011 and 2012 blogs. However each tour I include something new that not even I have yet seen, <strong>Knockando Wool mill</strong> <a href="http://www.knockandowoolmill.org.uk/">http://www.knockandowoolmill.org.uk</a> is a restored district mill. District mills dotted the landscape before the industrial revolution centralized processing of wool. They were as common as creameries were to rural North America. Records date back to 1784 when wool was washed and carded at Knockando. Several families had long history of mill ownership. Eventually wool was also dyed, spun, and woven into cloth here. <br />
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A trust has owned the mill since 2000. With the help of many grants and volunteer hours, the mill was completely restored in 2010-2011. The looms, carding, and spinning equipment were brought in as used equipment in the 1800's. With final tweaking in process, the trust hopes to be actively creating new woolen products onsite within the year. Currently they design the products but have them woven at another mill.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hugh Jones, the present weaver, was running the entire mill himself before the trust was formed. Hugh learned to weave from Duncan Stewart, who came to the mill in 1919. Hughes mechanical knowledge has kept the old machines running and now is the genius behind restoring them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Victorian waterwheel came from another mill in 1860. It stopped working in 1948. The wheel is now restored and will power the mill as soon as the machine restoration is complete.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knockandoo loom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spinning mule</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knockandoo District Mill site restored</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nadine , Margaret, driver/guide Karen savor the best dessert in the country, sticky toffee pudding at our lunch break.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharolene wearing her new Knockandoo woolen scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The afternoon was filled with loch and munroe views like this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tree quickening with sap just before leaf burst. Vegatation was 3 weeks behind normal spring in Scotland</td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-76480503028883536162013-05-12T10:30:00.000-05:002013-05-12T10:30:01.492-05:00Day Six, 21 April 2013 Workshop day offers a chance to leave travel behind for one day and be a student. Elaine Lindsay, straw artist extrordinaire introduces the group to traditional straw work and shows them examples of her work that appears as fashion accessories during London fasion week and atop local wedding cakes. We end the day with a house concert with music from Gaye Anthony.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claire focuses on her corn dolly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine's deft fingers demonstrate making delicate flowers with straw thread</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine's straw exotic bird made with nunerous straw techniques</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elaine demonstrates a technique to Jane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane displays Via Roma's magnifique ice crean sundae</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gaye Anthony has relaunched her solo folk music career after many years of singing herring fishing and other maritime songs with G& T. She also teaches us local dialect such as the answer to "how are you?" Fit like!</td></tr>
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singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-79706290888625075152013-05-12T10:03:00.002-05:002013-05-12T10:03:24.440-05:00Day Five, 20 April 2013 We left the big cities of Scotland behind today to spend the rest of the tour in the Highlands and the islands. The east coast road passed through fishing villages such as Pittenweem as well as the famous links golf course in St. Andrews. Our destinations, Verdant Works Jute Mill Museum and the Discovery Museum in Dundee, and our home for the next 2 nights, Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marilyn, Claire, Jane, Margaret in the jute mill museum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melissa at the wheel of the Antartic ship, "Discovery"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Gadies Restaurant in Oyne, each tour we enjoy a Scootish feast. Here is a tian of haggis neeps, tatties, whisky jus. Food in Scotland is often locally sourced, fresh, and delicous!</td></tr>
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<br />singing weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939028585650278269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308622933494771522.post-2446099545825336382013-05-05T16:09:00.000-05:002013-05-05T16:09:43.886-05:00Day Four, 19 April 2013Edinburgh welcomed us with a completely sunny day, the warmest and brightest of the tour! We started the day at Dovecot Tapestry Studio. After that, travelers were turned loose to explore the Royal Mile and new town as they wished. 3 of us explored the Royal Botanic Gardens. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dovecot Studio and Galleries are housed in a former Victorian era swimming pool. The studio commissioned a new tapestry loom this year which was made from scratch, copying the plans from their other loom which may be 100 years old. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dovecot weaver, Jonathon Cleaver talked to us about the history of the studio which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonathon enjoys working on inovative projects such as this collaboration with jeweler David Postin. David created the wire armature and Jonathon wove within the shape to create "Circles in Green."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dovecot mostly weaves commissioned works. However, this new speculative piece being woven by David and Naomi, "Large Tree Group", will hang in an exhibition at Dovecot in August. It is based on a painting by Victoria Crow. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Royal Botanic Garden boasts 10 glass houses with plants from all over the world.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Travelers, daughter and mother, Jennifer and Melissa are avid gardeners and landscapers who added much to my enjoyment of the gardens with their vast knowledge of plants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once glass house had an amazing array of fiddlehead ferns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of the day, Jennifer was always ready to walk up someplace high with me. We are on Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, about one mile from the Royal Mile. </td></tr>
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