PickOne

13/10/2026

How wonderful + lovely is this! The golden scissors got a chance to cut off two rug pieces from the rug loom at the top of the PickOne studio … this is a fun + funky couple of pieces which uses up both collected + bought in fabric scraps to make two unique rug pieces, one of which is destined for a chum + the other is destined for the wall.

I’ll be excited to see how these pieces look once they have been tidied up + hemmed!

New workshop dates have just been added to the PickOne website for two workshops in February + a raft of pot holder/trivet making workshops which can be found at the following link - https://www.pickone.co.uk or via the links in the bio. All these workshops explore the joy of making + gift vouchers are also available!

Happy Tuesday! 😀

11/10/2026

Thank you Stitch-Colour-Cloth for inviting me to Perth over the weekend to talk to your fantastic group of enthusiastic members, I had a grand time + it was lovely to share some of my experiences I’ve had over the years as a studio weaver!

Thank you!

07/10/2026

Where I’ll be this Saturday + very much looking forward to sharing my creative story …

  PickOne is a creative textiles company owned and operated by James Donald in Edinburgh, Scotland.    I am primarily a weaver using Scottish materials, including lamb's wool, Shetland wool and other locally-sourced fibres. Based in Edinburgh, I trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & D...

04/10/2026

October got off to a grand start with our two 4 hour long workshops over the weekend Coburg House as enthusiastic students forged ahead with the task in hand … to make two unique + beautiful homeware items for their home, specifically - Potholders/trivets. Everyone was pleased + chuffed with the outcome of this short punchy wee workshop, with all achieving fantastic colourful results!!! Great work by all!

For future pot holder workshops I have 6 new dates up on the PickOne website for the beginning of next year from January through to April 2027. Gift vouchers for these courses are available for those wishing to give an experiential gift for this festive season, nothing like planning ahead!

For further information on these cute wee workshops please visit the following link - https://www.pickone.co.uk/all-classes/

… or follow the link in the bio!

Happy Happy!

02/10/2026

Are you potty about colour + fancy trying your hand at making a couple of pot holders this Sunday from 11.00 till 15.00?

Well I have a couple of spaces going on this Sundays pot holders/trivet making workshop … if your interesting in taking up one of the places, do drop me a wee DM + I can take it from there …

Additional information can be found at the following link, but do DM me if you would like to take part as the payment link has expired …

https://www.pickone.co.uk/all-classes/

Happy Friday + have a grand weekend!

23/09/2026

Oops … it’s been such a full on cheery week with visiting chums from Australia + my regular teaching + weaving commitments that I forgot to post after the weekend weave workshop!

This months cohort of students were once again a fairly international set with students originally hailing from Wales, France + Siberia! A winning mix if ever there was one! Students all achieved with colour + structure with lively discussion through out. A grand weekend!

If you’re interested in coming along to a weave workshop please pop over to the following link where you will find a full listing of textiles based workshops including …

• introduction to weave - held monthly.
• 4hr long weave your own trivet workshop - the next ones are schedule the 3rd + 4rth of October.
• Japanese sashiko bag workshops.
• Sashiko + Visible repair workshop
• Advanced Weekend weave workshops

… all of the above are happening in the next month or so + can be booked through the following link where you…

https://www.pickone.co.uk/all-classes

Or … via the links in the bio!

Keep Weaving!

19/09/2026

All set for this weekends intro to weave workshop!

More pics to follow!

If your interested in coming along to intro to weave class, please check out the listing in the bio or click on the following link - https://www.pickone.co.uk/all-classes/ -weave

Happy Saturday!

15/09/2026

This 2metre plus length of Knoll Yarns Ltd merino lambswool came off the loom yesterday with the aid of the + it’s both impressive + bold in its ex*****on!

This 4 shaft pattern was woven over 8 shafts + utilises a crackle weave structure to great effect with a paired down colour pallet… less is more!

I am currently at capacity with day + evening class students but if your interested in coming along to one of my introductory or advanced weekend classes or any of the other upcoming workshops including the day long stitch + potholder workshops additional information can be found at the following link - https://www.pickone.co.uk/all-classes or via the info in the bio. Please share with interested chums!

08/09/2026

Sunshine + happiness indeed!

This exciting length came off the loom last week + is a stunning example of deflective double cloth utilising Knoll Yarns Ltd + Venne B.V. merino lambs wool + cottolin … it was exciting to see the development of this piece + seeing the students playful approach to colour, structure + how it was triggering other ideas for future projects! I look forward to seeing this piece after a good old wet finish!

It’s been incredible busy in the PickOne studios of late … with all manner of things happening behind the scenes, including exhibiting last weekend alongside Peter Jones + Ian … we will all be there again this Saturday from 10.00 till 18.00 + I’ll be selling pieces from a variety of past + current collections, including the single + double pieces that I have been developing over the past year.

You’re all welcome to come along to Tribe Porty on Saturday!

Happy Tuesday