Creating Materials: Dyeing and Weaving

STITCHING THE TAPESTRY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2023 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the stitchers of the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Did you know you can produce natural dyes from onion skins? It's true! Listen here to Nicky of the Wyvis Stitchers as she explains her creative dyeing and weaving techniques which have added depth and dimension to the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

I chose to do what is a very basic weave, it's just called a tabby weave...because that would be the sort of cloth that would have been produced in the Highlands many years ago. It's the simple type of cloth that would have been woven at home on the croft...