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Shilasdair was started over 40 years ago by Eva Lambert. Situated in Waternish on Skye Evas passion for natural dyes blossomed from a small cottage industry to a world renowned business.
Evas knowledge in the field of natural dyes is exceptional and we are so thrilled that Eva has shared this knowledge with us and that we can continue the Shilasdair tradition.

Simon and Kirsty have been living on Skye for over 10 years. Making this their home they have 2 children and run the award winning Glenview restaurant with rooms. They changed 4 years ago to Skye Pie café. Kirsty has always been interested in natural dyeing and has made and sold her work in The Glenview gallery for the last three years. When the opportunity arose last year to continue Shilasdair she jumped at the chance!
“It is a ‘pinch yourself opportunity to upscale my natural dyeing and I feel honoured to carry on the work of Eva and Tony Lambert.”

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We still have a few balls of our autumn heather dy We still have a few balls of our autumn heather dyed sock yarn. 🍂 Perfect for a pair of socks or..... we totally recommend @harveyknits ‘first footing cowl’. A really clever design that just takes one ball of your favourite yarn .. a concept that always appeals! Simon’s version is blocking as we speak with photos to follow.

#sockyarn #naturallydyed #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #plantcolour
Stillness :: we could literally eat up all the col Stillness :: we could literally eat up all the colour inspiration around us at the moment! Inky blues, rusty oranges... completely perfect and in harmony.. really inspiring as we plan our dye runs for the next few months x

#isleofskye #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #inspiration #stillness
Patience :: thank you all for your patience... we Patience :: thank you all for your patience... we are still here although we haven’t posted for a while! We are getting to grips with doing ambitious renovations, dyeing yarn and home schooling.. we are relying on lists and clipboards to guide us through at the moment! I’m delighted to say we have restocked the online shop today with various bits and pieces including this gorgeous orange rust sock yarn 🧶 dyed with autumn Skye heather. Hope you are all coping.. we highly recommend a clip board to feel in control! 

#isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #shilasdair #sockyarn #heatherdyed #plantdyed #botanicaldye
The northern lights :: it was so exciting last nig The northern lights :: it was so exciting last night to see the northern lights.  It is so magical when it happens  and we are so privileged to live in a place where we can see this amazing spectacle... dragging the kids and dog out into the garden to see them and then being treated to some shooting stars too... hopefully it will be something they remember fondly.. even chasing the lost dog in the dark 🌙

#northernlights #auroraborealis #aurora #northskye
Ice cool indigo blue ❄️ the colours in the dye Ice cool indigo blue ❄️ the colours in the dye shed match the frosty landscape outside perfectly here on Skye. All the yarn we dyed last week is finally dry so now it is time to get these big 600g hanks into 50 g skeins.  Trying to get as much done this weekend as we can before home schooling takes over next week x

#indigo #indigodyedyarn #shilasdair #isleofskyenaturaldyecompany #britishwool #plantdyed #botanicalcolour
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Portree IV51 9JH,

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