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Organised✔️
Ahead of schedule ✔️
Van packed with food and textile treasure✔️

Time for a coffee fix and a wee game with Bruce🐾before I head off for the next few days. 

Hugely looking forward to bringing stitchy folks together at my retreat. 

Definitely planning another for next year so sign up to my newsletter to be first to hear about it in the autumn😉
This too is prep!
Making a version of falafel for my May stitching retreat that starts tomorrow🤗
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Slow progress 
Ironing linen
Measuring
Cutting
Marking
Printing
Cleaning up afterwards
Waiting for prints to dry
Setting the colour
Checking quality
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Only then will I build the kits
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I am trying out DMC Eco Vita wool threads on a piece of dyed blanket. No rules, just experimenting. I like the soft colour palette of these naturally dyed organic crewel wools which I found at @mybearpaw  a couple of weeks ago. I succumbed to lovely Japanese fabrics there too🤗
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I don’t dye yarn no more, but I do dye thread…
These ones coming soon to the Tart’s emporium
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A very happy sunny Edinburgh day - lots of quick chats and warm hugs with so many friends old and new at the inaugural Woolly Good Gathering at Summerhall. 
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A triumph for the organisers, it was a welcoming inclusive event with space to breathe and so much beautiful yarn and fibre. 
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Later a lovely catch up with a dear friend who embraces life to the full in her ninth decade - a role model of the best kind.
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A wee look back at my first visit to Jess’s lovely new premises with some of our happy yarn-loving travellers earlier this month. It’s a treasure trove!

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