Crafts CouncilDirectoryHem: HandwovenPeak CollectionAboutA series of handwoven pieces inspired by my home in the Peak District. Soft Merino scarves and fine cotton conjure textures and colour of dry stone walls, gritstone peaks and august moorland.Hem: HandwovenHope Valley, EnglandFurrows Blanket, Nell SwiftA double width blanket commission, handwoven in lambswool. Using a Fibonacci gradient in the warp and silver grey weft, the intricate draft produces furrows suggestive of newly-ploughed fields in the low winter sun. Fylingdales Colour Chart, Nell SwiftFylingdales Moor in August is a riot of colour. Using a block twill, the squares are a nod to the listening station which dominates the skyline. The colours blend to produce every available shade of green, purple and rust to reflect the ever-changing palette of the moor..Moorland Colour Chart, Nell SwiftA cotton and linen version of my moors-inspired colour charts. Using mill-end yarns from commercial textile production, this scarf explores the depth of colour in moorland.Lichen Colour Chart Handwoven Scarf, Nell SwiftWoven from mill end merino yarn using a block twill and a simple gradient. The visual blending produced by the weft blocks echoes the deep yellow lichens of the gritstone walls around the Peak District. Ewden Moor, Nell SwiftHandwoven fine mill-end merino scarf in a Fibonacci gradient fropm rust through to heather. Inspired by the journey from home to coast in August, when the moors around Ewden reservoir are alive with colour.Peak CollectionAboutA series of handwoven pieces inspired by my home in the Peak District. Soft Merino scarves and fine cotton conjure textures and colour of dry stone walls, gritstone peaks and august moorland.Hem: HandwovenHope Valley, EnglandFurrows Blanket, Nell SwiftA double width blanket commission, handwoven in lambswool. Using a Fibonacci gradient in the warp and silver grey weft, the intricate draft produces furrows suggestive of newly-ploughed fields in the low winter sun. Lichen Colour Chart Handwoven Scarf, Nell SwiftWoven from mill end merino yarn using a block twill and a simple gradient. The visual blending produced by the weft blocks echoes the deep yellow lichens of the gritstone walls around the Peak District. Fylingdales Colour Chart, Nell SwiftFylingdales Moor in August is a riot of colour. Using a block twill, the squares are a nod to the listening station which dominates the skyline. The colours blend to produce every available shade of green, purple and rust to reflect the ever-changing palette of the moor..Ewden Moor, Nell SwiftHandwoven fine mill-end merino scarf in a Fibonacci gradient fropm rust through to heather. Inspired by the journey from home to coast in August, when the moors around Ewden reservoir are alive with colour.Moorland Colour Chart, Nell SwiftA cotton and linen version of my moors-inspired colour charts. Using mill-end yarns from commercial textile production, this scarf explores the depth of colour in moorland.More from Hem: HandwovenProjectCoast CollectionProjectWeaving the MoviesProjectColour Charts