Carthen. For Joanne

 Please excuse the colours..not taken in daylight..but I have tried to tweak the images to nearer the blue yellow and green that they are.

A carthen is a traditional Welsh 8 heddle double sided blanket made from wool.

Apple juice again!

 I would like to find out what varieties these are...but I think I will settle for sort of Bramley and sort of Kidd's orange red!! Probably both seedling trees.

The eating/drying apples are these..

For  Joanne from Cup on the Bus blog...

Apples in some of my work, sitting on some of your work!  I know that it isn't quite using it as intended, but I see it every day in the living room just by the kitchen door. 

ironwork for Soub

village water pumps along the street in Crosshill ( described in the 1800s as a mainly Irish village) It is on the edge of the Girvan coalfield and was a weaving village.