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Lucinda Whyte Donaldson (she/her)
@meitchuchs.bsky.social
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• Knitting•Spinning•Band Weaving •《 Scottish fiber artist 》🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
- Scottish Traveller - 🐎🏕
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Tablet weaving the "wrong way" without knowing how 🤔 (warped and threaded it all correctly lol) but anyways, you can see the pattern on the correct side and it looks fabby 😁 #tabletweaving #cardweaving #bandweaving #backstrapweaving #weaving #inkleweaving #inkleweaver #inkleloom
The correct side of my tablet woven band. It is a white band with a red chevron running through it as a pattern. It is currently being woven on my inkle loom. The wrong or incorrect side of the tablet woven band. It still shows the white and red chevron design, but it's broken up.
January 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Last year I was very lucky to have picked up this vintage crochet book from a charity (thrift) shop. It dates back to 1975 and it has some lovely designs/patterns.
#crochetsky #crochet #crocheting #vintagecrochet #crochetpattern #crochetdesign #crochetbook
Front cover of my vintage Crochet book. It's titled – Introduction to Crochet (by Golden Hands). It shoes a pair of hands working on a crocheted granny square blanket. The background is green. Picture one showing on the right page a 19th century Irish lace pouch which is white in colour, with a brown background. The left shows black and white diagrams of Crochet tensioning (gauge). More black and white examples of patterns from the book. A coloured page showing swatches of Tunisian crochet patterns in different colours.
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Just a wee example of me spinning with a distaff and spindle. It's a short clip, but it gives you an idea of how it's done. I don't claim to be perfect or professional btw. #spinsky #spinningwool #spinningwheel #dropspindlespinning #dropspindle #medievalspinning #suspendedspindlespinning
January 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Good morning Bluesky knitters. I'm bright and awake, deciding to knit a basket weave style scarf. Tension is a bit off (it's a bit tight) but I'm really happy with it so far 😁
#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits #workinprogress #handmade
A knitted garment (scarf) in progress, resting on one of my knitting needles. It is knitted in the basket weave stitch (4 knits and 4 purls) and it's on top of my tartan bed cover (which is red in colour). The colour of the scarf is pink and red. A close up of the knitted pattern, with the knits and pulls clearly obvious.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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I don't have weaving pegs to make a warp (for tablet weaving). Instead, I use my good ol yarn swift to make a long enough warp of threads. It makes a good length 😁 Also, I use my thread organiser to make sure my 'threads' are in order #tabletweaving #cardweaving #bandweaving #weaving #weavingloom
A yarn swift resting on my bar stool. It is a brown in colour (made of wood), and it is shining with the direct sunlight coming from my living room. The swift has one thread of cotton wool wrapped round it. My thread organiser resting on my white coloured bar stool. It has three bunches of cotton wool tied on to it, coming from the left side. The colours of the cotton wool are peach and pink.
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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I don't ever regret taking up historically inspired spinning. Probably the best hobby I have ever adopted. I've always loved history, so it makes sense for me to take up a heritage craft like suspended spindle spinning. #medievalspinning #suspendedspindlespinning #spinsky #spinningwool #handspinning
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Today is Distaff day, and what not a better way to celebrate the day than to buy more historically inspired spindles 😀
(Spindle and distaff by NiddyNoddyUK)
An Osberg inspired distaff (left) and medieval style spindle (right) resting on top of my brown coloured cushion.
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Spinning up some wool before New Year, as according to Lowland (Scottish) legend, the Gyre-Carlin (the Lowland Cailleach or Hag spirit) will steal your unspun work if you fail to finish it. So I better hurry up 🤪
#spinsky #spinningwool #dropspindlespinning #folklore #scottishfolklore #supportspindle
My three support spindles resting upon my tartan bed cover. The two left are wound up with off white wool that has been spun. The support spindle on the right is spun up with brown Icelandic wool.
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Shan deekin flattie hantle mangin jeer about how we're not a real ethnicity, that we're like the flatties, and how this moich gadgie is quoting an outdated antiquarian source. Typical scaldies always dictating our identity 🙄
#scottishgypsytraveller #irishtravellers #indigenous #gypsytraveller
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Not done this for a while. Making bi coloured cord using my lucet – a tool for making braided cord/string. The braid is worked flat hence the square shape.

#lucetfork #lucet #kumihimo #cordmaking #icord #fiberarts #fiberprep #handmade
A lucet (two pronged) fork in a sandy colour. Below the two points is a small bit of cord all ready been braided. The cord is bi coloured, in a chevron pattern and the colours are red, with a dusty lilac. The lucet fork is resting on my couch arm. A close up of the bi coloured cord hanging from the two prongs of my lucet.
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Scottish Traveller woman wearing a unique type of hat which I've never seen before. Apparently this was taken in Aberdeenshire (date unknown but looks about 20th century to me). Wonder if we had our own hat tradition? #scottishgypsytraveller #gypsyromatraveller #romany #irishtraveller #gypsy
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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My first real but crappy attempt at tablet weaving. You can see the pattern, but either I have tension issues that I need to work on or, I was using the wrong kind of wool. Either way, I have allot of improvements to do 😅
#tabletweaving #cardweaving #bandweaving #backstrapweaving #weaving
My attempt at weaving a sample band using the ancient method of tablet weaving. The background of the woven band is a dusty pink, and the pattern itself is a light yellow. The sample band is on the edges of my light coloured couch. A close up of my patterned band. You can see the detail of the yellow pattern among the pink background. It is a chevron like pattern with a odd looking diamond shape in the middle.
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Back in 2009 doing the tradition I loved doing - Horse riding. This was at Teen Ranch in Dundee. Not my most professional horsey look and riding position, but it was all for fun rather than being professional hahaha. I rode horses for years until I became unwell.
#horsesky #horseriding #equestrian
Myself sitting on top of a chestnut coloured horse named Gringo. He is next to a Clydesdale horse and another rider. I am wearing jeans and a greenish coloured jumper. The photo was taken inside of a barn
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Article from February 2001 (my fiance found in his mums house) on Thorton Wood Traveller sites being approved. Despite it sounding "positive" the tropes of 'disgusting mess" and 'no go areas' are prevalent. 24 years later and nothing has changed.
#scottishgypsytraveller #irishtraveller #romany
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Vintage knitting needle set (Aero) made in England between 1970-1980. Personally I think they were definitely made around 1970. Uses a much older system of needle size. Tried some them out - so far so good! 😀

#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits #knittingneedles #fiberarts #fiberprep #vintage
A complete set of vintage knitting needles all lined up together in a red, leather case. There are many different measurements of the needles. The needles themselves are made of metal.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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More examples of Nacken Chaetrie that has unfortunately been sold to private collectors. Sad to see our history going down the drain at the expense of money.

#scottishgypsytraveller #gypsyromatraveller #irishtraveller #gypsytraveller #travellerlivesmatter #culturaltheft #culturalappropriation
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The Brooch of Lorn and Lochbuie - Early Modern silver brooches of par excellence, were made by our people (Scottish Travellers or Tinkers as we were once called). They are ours, but the Museum of Scotland as usual gives us no credit.

Credit to the British Museum for at least mentioning us!
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Caught my fiances mothers cat Jack showing off his toe beans 😄 "Little Boy" as he's is known as was very sleepy yesterday 😴
#cats #blackcats #catsofbluesky
A black cats paw with his pads (or toe beans) facing the camera. The cat (called Jack) is sleeping on my fiances bed.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Knitting up something colourful on this dull, rainy day here in Scotland 😅

#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits #workinprogress #wool #yarn #yarnaddict #fiberarts
A ball of rainbow coloured wool with circular needles placed on top of them. The needles are holding wool that has been knitted up. Covering the tips of the needles is a rubber stopper to prevent the work from slipping off. All of it is resting on the arm of my couch.
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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You can never have too much spindles haha 😄. I spin support and suspended (I only use my drop spindle for plying).

#dropspindle #dropspindlespinning #supportspindle #supportspindlespinning #spinsky #knitsky #fiberarts
My collection of 12 hand spindles for spinning wool. Many of them are used for support spindle spinning, whilst the others are for suspended spindle spinning. They are all resting on my brown, leather chair with a light brown pillow supporting them. A close up of my spindle collection. They are resting on my grey coloured carpet.
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM