This week we feature another vintage film from the British Council Film collection.

"The origin of dyes is like a witches charm: crushed body of a cochineal, purple from a shellfish, saffron from crocus, red from madder roots, logwood and cutch, lichen and bark, dock root and bilberry: measure them carefully while the pots begin to boil."

'Border Weave,' a British Council Film made in co-operation with the Scottish Woollen Export Council, is a Technicolor treat.

The film takes us on the journey of cloth woven in the Scottish Borders, from pasture to export, including the preliminary grading and scouring of the wool, the blending of dyes, and the spinning of yarn.

Border Weave (1941) from British Council Film on Vimeo.

“Keen to strike a balance between modern machinery and traditional hand-made skills, 'Border Weave' shows production of Scottish wool in stunning Technicolor.”

Find out more about Border Weave at britishcouncil.org/film.

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Get involved

If you have an online craft film you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. We're looking for films that showcase craft makers, special craft projects/exhibitions, enterprises, or other fun and quirky films that help to celebrate craft. 

It could be a film of you at work, a narrated film about the inspiration behind your craft, a film made for an exhibition, or something else. 

Just email laura@craftscotland.org with the following details:

• A short description of the film, including any credits
• A link to the film on YouTube, Vimeo, or another channel
• Whether or not you have a profile page on Craft Scotland

You do not need to be on the Craft Scotland site to send us your films, but films about Scottish craft, makers and places will be given priority.

Alternatively, you can tweet a link to your craft film to @craftscotland.

Please note: at this stage we are not looking for instructional, 'how to' type videos for this feature.