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Lost Mitten

Alasdair Roberts Poster

Doodles

Ink + digital. Extract from a comic commissioned by Pom Pom Quarterly. Published in Issue 11: Winter 2014

Ink + digital. Extract from a comic commissioned by Pom Pom Quarterly. Published in Issue 11: Winter 2014

Bowerbird 3

Scratchboard. Personal Work.

Scratchboard. Personal Work.

Oh the potential!

More Than Yarn

Ink. Extract from Chapter 5 of The Courage To Be Me, by Nina Burrowes.

Ink. Extract from Chapter 5 of The Courage To Be Me, by Nina Burrowes.

Scratchboard. Personal work.

Scratchboard. Personal work.

Hardraw Force

Well Wishes

Beach day with best friends, and (probably) the last dip of the year for me.

Happy walk, dirty dog, lovely Dartmoor, perfect weekend.
Happy Monday from Jack and me 😁

Mini Dartmoor landscape (fingernail for scale)

Saturday sketching ✏
Whenever I haven't drawn for a while, I always find a little self portrait is a good place to start.
As some of you know, I've struggled with my drawing self a bit the last few years. Lately I've been missing it, and am exploring new ways of bringing it back into my life, and keeping it fun. I enjoyed this sketch very much!

As the days get shorter, this flowerbed catches the last rays in our garden as the sun goes down. And so Jack climbs in and catches them too 🌞

Ode to a swatch:
I am in love.
I love this swatch so much I took it with me on my drive across Dartmoor today, seeing how every colour reflected the colours of the landscape as it changes from summer to autumn.
I'm not normally one for hand-dyed or variegated yarns, they're not generally my cup of tea. That said, I've long been captivated by the work of @violaemily whose gorgeous yarn must be the exception to my rule 😊 - either that or my gateway drug! I doubled her glorious mohair lace with @blackeryarns mohair blends 4-ply, which is officially my favourite yarn ever. I swear I've purchased some every week since starting my new job 😂😂😂. I was worried that doubling up would drown out all the subtleties in Emily's colours, but I think the opposite is true. I loved knitting every stitch of this swatch, and am SO excited to turn this green and gold fluff-fest into a garment. In the meantime, you will find me caressing and admiring my swatch at every opportunity!
#knitting #swatch #violayarn #blackeryarns #mohair

Happy Sunday, friends.

Lichen 💛

After a craaaaaazy couple of weeks, it's so good to be back home with my favourites (one not pictured).

Tetris champion of #Yarndale

#tbt to 4 years ago, when I held the first physical copy of my book, #lighterthanmyshadow 📖✏
Yesterday it launched in comic shops across the USA (best birthday present ever!) and in a couple more weeks it will be available in bookshops and online over there too. I feel this happy all over again!
🎉🎉🎉
For those who don't know, Lighter Than My Shadow is my graphic memoir, recounting my struggle with - and recovery from - #eatingdisorders #anorexia and sexual abuse. I created it because I didn't find a book that really spoke to my experience when I was in the thick of it. I hope that in finding a wider audience in the USA it will find its way into the hands of more folks who need to read it. I hope so.
😊
Lighter Than My Shadow is published by @lionforge in the USA and @jonathancape in the UK

Finally, after 3 muslins, I have drafted a successful pattern from my favourite skirt (with added pockets) and am about to cut out a new one from real fabric! ✂✂✂

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