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Ha! never could tell my left from my right (which is why I only ever wear one ring; suspect I'm actually ambidextrous, with a slightly more dominant right hand).

Life!

And I was trying to find combinations of colours that might represent clouds. Colours are tricksy things: all you can hope for is to capture that one brief moment.

It really is an eye of faith thing, but look at the April image and find the harp towards the top. Now go down slightly to your left, where the arch is. It's not an arch, of course, but the back of the island's hill. There is the larger seal (I know, I know), and in the "water" there are (...

Absolutely!

You do indeed! And seals in the water...

Not great photos, but here we are with April completed, and the whole piece so far:

Isn't that lucky!

Snowflake flowers

All your stockings are wonderful! And once you started on this, well, there was bound to be a generational clamour!

Bags me the lion!

Berry Patch bear is adorable. (But I'm a sucker for teds.)

Yes, I understand why a border would help!

Yeah, the number of guests -- which I presumed to be bots -- has been alarming. I'll prod Alex about it.

Yes, it does. It's a technique called irregular hatching, and what I've come to realise is that it needs more contrast is showing sea and land, for example, to be really effective. Here are the three little samples done. The green and blue ones are from my week in Ardgour. I'm particularly pleased w...

The hard-faced woman in my driving license photo is a stranger, too. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Hope the weather improves for the lambs. It's been pretty bad (cold, wet) so far. Also hope your friends have a good home for all that gorgeous wool!

Spot on, Mabel! Really lovely, and I'm sure they'll treasure it.

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Here's a couple of samples of my colour experiments when I was on the retreat at Ardgour. Doesn't look like much, I realise, but we were out on walks learning the Gaelic words for the landscape and colours (and how they are used). Also warping a piece of cloth to be handwoven and then weaving it. An...

Squeaky does look suitably horrified, however! The nerve of the kitten!