{"title":"Journal of Scottish Yarn","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"yarn-the-journal-of-scottish-yarns-issue-5","title":"Yarn - The Journal of Scottish Yarns - Issue 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYarn - The Journal of Scottish Yarns - Issue 2\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWelcome to the second issue of The Journal of Scottish Yarns, Autumn \/ Winter 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eContents include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDi Gilpin: a retrospective on the career - so far - of knitwear designer and Scottish textile advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe origins of Tartan: commemorating the 200\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary of Gorge IV visit to Edinburgh in 1822\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe Silly Sheep Fibre Company: story of yarn from a croft on Shetland and their adventures with several sheep breeds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eJennie 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBlack 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoven Identities: Tartan meets Koru\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA view of New Zealand from emigrating Scots via the Diaspora Tapestry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatterns:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eKnitting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cul data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDullieach yoked jumper by Lucy Hague using The Birlinn Yarn Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAggie the Highland Cow intarsia jumper by Sylvia Watts-Cherry using Di Gilpin Lalland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePortmoak Moss beanie hat by Louise Mossom using Jamiesons of Shetland Spindrift\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMoness large rectangular shawl by Maddie Harvey using The Silly Sheep Fibre Company’s laceweight yarn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBemersyde triangular shawl by Samira Hill using Cookston Crafts\/Ripples Craft yarn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHarris the Highlan Cow toy by Kirsten Bedigan using Jamieson \u0026amp; 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