Gongcrafts
Description
A small Scottish business in the North Highlands, specialising in hand-spun, hand-dyed knitting yarn using natural dyes and locally sourced wool. Laurence and Clive hand make a number of beautifully crafted items from their home on a croft in Skerray, Sutherland.
All things wool is their biggest passion; from their much in demand handspun "designer art yarns" to their hand dyed botanical knitting yarns using as much local plant material as they can find and grow, together with some exotic plant material obtained from sustainable foreign sources. They also spin yarn from rare breeds of sheep which have subtle and evocative shades.
Laurence is a textile artist and produces fashion items and artefacts from their wool. Prestige handmade candles scented with essential oils and macrame pendants embracing semi precious stones and fossils are two other quality items produced by this enterprising couple.
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facebook.comWhat do you do when you have finished your socks and you have a wee bit of yarn leftover? If you are Laurence, you just knit another pair of socks...! 😁 Both pairs were knitted using our Rainbow Merino, Cashmere, Nylon sock yarn hand dyed with Buckthorn, Cochineal and Indigo.
A bespoke box of mixed natural fibre hand-carded batts ready for dispatch. Ideal for hand-spinning or felting! #perthyarnfest18 #peopleofperthyarnfest18 #nc500 #felting #venturenorth
Hooray, we are very happy that we have been chosen to be one of the vendors at this joyful yarn festival in Perth on 8 & 9 September. A definite date for your diaries! 😀
We made it down to Dornoch with magnificent snowy vistas on the way, set up for Dornoch Fibre Fest for tomorrow and Sunday, followed by a lovely walk on the beach. Come and see us over the weekend if you can! We will be at the West Church Hall. 🌞
The snow has melted and we are pretty sure the single track road south is now reopened. We will be at the Dornoch Fibre Fest this Saturday and Sunday with the batts full of sunshine for all you felters and spinners together with our new range of gorgeous botanically hand-dyed yarns.
Recharging our batteries ready for the coming season of wool festivals exploring and soaking up the culture in Andalusia. (oh and at bit of sunshine too 🌞!)
A wee photo of one of Laurence's work in progress. Socks knitted using Gongcrafts's "Rainbow" sockyarn in merino, cashmere and nylon. Absolutely yummy 😊.
Just our first experiment with Walnut Husk kindly donated by the wonderful Anita Wilson of #castofcrafts in Balnakeil Craft Village! Only 3 skeins of Sock yarn (merino, cashmere, nylon) for now. The photo taken outside doesn't reflect the depth of colour but you get a good idea from the photo of the skeins in the basin. Looking forward to further experiments to come!
Come and see us at the Christmas Craft Fair in Murkle Sunday 3rd December. Taking these 2 commissioned shawls with us together with our lovely goodies! 🌞🌞
Come and see us at the Murkle Craft Fair on Saturday 4th 11 - 3. We will bring lots of wooly goodies! 🌞🌞
For spinners and felters. These beautifully fluffy Merino, Seaweed fibre and Silk batts are coming to the #highlandwoolandtextilefair in Strathpeffer tomorrow. Come and see us!
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