New tartan for Denny's Strathcarron Hospice comes from Alloa with love

Claire Hunter, of Alloa’s Taffled Threads, has designed a new pattern – known as the Snowdrop Tartan – using the flower most associated with the hospice, which

provides specialist end of life care and support to people in the Forth Valley area living with a terminal illness, as her inspiration.

It was a real labour of love for the talented weaver.

She said: “This design is very personal to me. I wanted to do something to say thank you to Strathcarron for the wonderful care and support they gave my much-loved mother-in-law in the last few months of her life, and to our whole family as we came to terms with her loss.

“Given my background as a weaver and the fact I used to work in the tartan industry, I came up with the idea of designing them a bespoke tartan as a tribute to

their expert work.

“I’ve used the green and white colours of this hardy yet delicate wee winter bloom as my template, while incorporating additional shades of blue from the

Strathcarron logo.

“I added charcoal to symbolize sadness and grief balanced with a deep red for love.”

The new Snowdrop Tartan is currently being handwoven by Claire on one of her looms at her studio in Alloa, using the finest of lambswool yarns.

She will be donating 15 per cent of all sales of the tartan to help raise funds for the hospice.

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