Aurore made her first coiled basket with Jeanette Nowak in Shetland in 2015, first willow basket in March 2020 with Karen Collins and she has been addicted to weaving ever since. After learning the basics of round willow work thanks to Hanna Van Aelst’s online course, she honed her craft with John … Read More
Aurore started weaving serenity stones in 2018. After seeing a picture of one, she worked out how to make the same design and since then has created her own ones. She collects pebbles she carefully chooses locally and weaves them when in a suitable mood and hopes her stones inspire peace and … Read More
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Our croft is approximately 8 acres, in a small village called Skerray, right in the middle of the Scottish north coast. We are just a few hundred metres from the sea, with a kilometer long sandy beach to the east, and small harbour to the west. But the croft itself is relatively … Read More
We’re Al & Aurore Whitworth, woodland crofters and crafters in the Scottish Highlands We previously lived in Shetland, where Al’s parents and brother had crofts. We couldn’t convince the local crofter to part with any land around our house though, so we could only grow a few vegetables and have a small … Read More
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