Tour my dye garden with me

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A treat today as the weather is fine and the garden is full of flowers so I took my camera out to do an August tour of the dye garden, the vegetable garden and the meadow that surrounds my Studio.
I also cast on a new knitting project The Heirloom Quilt Cardigan by Katryn Seeburger www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr.... I am using plant dyed yarn that is a mix of linen and bamboo you can see my yarn choices and what it looks like on the needles.
🌱 I am Jane Lindsey, a textile artist working in rural Scotland. I am inspired by the landscape surrounding my Studio, right at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands. I run a membership community called The Studio Club that helps people rekindle their creativity through reconnecting to the natural world.
🌱 You can find out more about my work here www.snapdragonlife.com
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@taniamcallister6840 11 ай бұрын

I felt frazzled today and overwhelmed by what i need to do without energy! Your video cslmed me so thank you ....lovely seeing your garden....such a tranquil space and i love thst cardigan. Happy knitting and glad you are having a needed rest week at home . ❤

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

I’m so glad Tania. I hope that you got some time to rest. X

@janehemsley1075 3 ай бұрын

It is easy to see why your garden brings you so much joy.

@snapdragonlife 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jane - it is a very special spot, I am very lucky. x

@kathrynhenderson7266 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden. Just gorgeous. You can see all the love you've put into it. So peaceful & joyous. Gorgeous cardigan too. Hope you have a really lovely weekend. 🌿

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Kathryn. Have a great weekend. X

@anitapeura3517 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for spreading the joy!

@mrsrabbitsmoments8854 11 ай бұрын

I usually save you till Friday 😊but I watched early....beautiful beautiful garden !!!

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Claire!

@sandrastevenson5592 11 ай бұрын

A beautiful and relaxing film. I loved the music as well ❤

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Sandra. I’m so glad that you enjoyed it. X

@jb10428 11 ай бұрын

Your garden is wonderful! Thank you for the tour x

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much x

@bertiebloobell3285 11 ай бұрын

Such a relaxing video of your stunning garden. So inspiring! I too have started on the Heirloom Quilt cardigan! I fell in love with it instantly and knew I definitely had to knit it!

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

I think it may be one of those ‘stop you in your tracks’ kind of patterns. It’s lovely to knit. I’d love to see the colours you have chosen. X

@Elizabeth-jy3dj 11 ай бұрын

What a beautiful garden, it looks a very relaxing place to sit and watch the world go by. I really your planting style and love the the calendula and delphinium planted together - they look stunning. I've never grown Sanguisorbia before so I will look out for some seeds and give it a go.

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you Elizabeth. There are a number of Sanguisorba varieties - a one with dark burgundy flowers which I think is the most common and possibly the wild form, this white one which self seeds all over my garden and then some amazing ones with bright pink flowers that I have around the outdoor dining table. They all like damp soil - which we have a lot of! I’m really glad you liked the tour. X

@jenhanlon3840 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful pictures of your wonderful garden. What a gorgeous place to be and thanks for sharing it with us ☺️ I saw the heirloom pattern the other day too but thought it’s too cropped for me. Takes someone else to point out that theoretical it would be easy to lengthen…. Of course it can it’s made of squares!!! Given me some thoughts now 😊

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Yes in the pattern Katryn suggests finding a cardigan that you already own and adding in squares to that length so I think that’s what I will do. The other thing is that it lacks a closure of any kind so I am wondering if it will slip off too easily - in which case I will have to make some kind of clasp. Until it’s made I won’t be able to tell really - maybe that’s the mystery that will keep me going till it’s sewn up!

@jenhanlon3840 11 ай бұрын

@@snapdragonlife I like that sort of knitting…I call it extreme knitting, when you go off pattern 🫢

@solveigw 11 ай бұрын

So many beautiful flowers. And the yarns you've got from the dyeing process are really pretty! Your cardigan will be really nice. I find that I struggle with finishing projects that have multiple steps, because the novelty has worn off by the time it comes to the finishing steps. Currently I have stacks of crocheted squares ready to be sewn together into a cardigan for my daughter. They have been ready for several weeks... Any tips on how to motivate myself to get them done, other than "Just do it"?

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

I think that motivation to finish the last bit of a project is so difficult and I’m not really the person to ask. I would normally sew up as I go along but the one thing that is concerning me about this project is that I will have to leave the sewing up to the end to balance the colours. Maybe other people have suggestions of tactics to stop it becoming a pile of pretty squares in a bag. X

@imogenethomas1138 Ай бұрын

This is a very random question, I hope you don’t mind. My shape is quite similar to yours. The dresses you wear are very flattering. Do you mind telling me where I might find them? Thanks! I’m binge watching your stories today.

@snapdragonlife Ай бұрын

I don’t mind at all - most of my dresses are from the UK brand Toast - and almost all are second hand. Their designs are pretty timeless and in similar colours year to year so now that I know my size in their range I simply have an alert on Vinted and eBay and buy one every so often when it comes up at the right price! J x

@eclare-dm3cx 11 ай бұрын

Great tour of your beautiful garden - Thank You! Do you do anything to the meadow area or is it completely left to its own devices?

@snapdragonlife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. The meadow is left pretty much to itself but we remove some nettles and dock seeds and in March we pull out a layer of dead grass and dead weeds with a rake. This should traditionally be removed in September but it gives a good place for mice and invertebrates to live over winter. Sometimes I plant rejects from the main garden into the edges.