Helen Lockhart

@helenlockhart
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Chief Indie Dyer at Ripples Crafts Hand Dyed Yarns
Living my best life in the most beautiful part of Scotland - Assynt. In favour of Scottish Independence. In favour of getting rid of Tory government.
Scatterling of Africa
www.ripplescrafts.com
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Web Sitehttps://www.ripplescrafts.com
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Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
We've had a wild, windy and VERY wet 24 hours here in Assynt. And as the dashcam shows from our drive into Lochinver today it is still pretty wild #weather
Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
That is both my booster jags done. Yay for science!
Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
Show threadSarahNov 11, 2022

I wasn’t sure how federation was going to work, but it seems once you follow people and they follow you, there’s automatic cross pollination of stuff that wider circle “touches”.

This means the federated timeline becomes populated by my wider interest circle entirely automatically.

That’s a nice bonus that I wasn’t expecting.

Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
Jon ReedNov 10, 2022

There once was a spaceman called Musk,
Who hollowed the bird to a husk,
We migrated and flew,
To find friends old and new,
And now we are fans of the tusk 🦣

#VerseThursday

Show threadHelen LockhartNov 11, 2022
Today it is blowing an absolute hoolie outside, so instead of venturing to my workshop I'm tucked up indoors, and planning to practice a few stitches. If you've any good websites/youtube tutorials you can highly recommend for stitching advice, please let me know.
Show threadHelen LockhartNov 11, 2022

It was Andrew who designed The Great Tapestry of Scotland, which is now housed in a custom built building in Galashiels.

The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands tapestry will eventually be housed in Inverness Castle.

#tapestry

Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
I (foolishly?) signed up to take part in the stitching of The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands tapestry designed by the artist Andrew Crummy. I am very much a novice stitcher, but there are a group of us in Assynt stitching the panel, and already the project has engendered friendly get togethers, with more planned. I hope to get LOTS of advice from those in the group more knowledgeable than i regarding stitching. #tapestry #SpiritOfTheHighlandsAndIslandsTapestry
Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022
Larry the CatNov 10, 2022
This is now my moral, ethical and natural home...
Love the space....
Show threadHelen LockhartNov 11, 2022
And if you forget to use the CW feature, simply re-edit your toot. That was a feature so many yearned for elsewhere, and it is available here, so use it.
Helen LockhartNov 11, 2022

When I first started on Mastodon and tried the hashtag #knitting, it barely registered having any instances. Now when I use the hashtag it flashes up that it averages 862 mentions a week. There are a LOT of folk here interested in knitting.

But please, let us all respect the culture of Mastodon, and not make it into another bird site. We left that site for a reason. Use the CW feature if your post is political. It is there for good reason. And it is so simple to use.