Sallie worked from her small cottage in Oldshore, on Sutherlands' stormy northwest coast for 21 years, moving in 1997 to a crofthouse in Ross-shire. Weaving is her obsession and raison d'etre, after that comes her animals, hens and bees.

Sallie uses fishermen's' net mending needles as bobbins. Cotton, and for a transparent background fishing line, are used for warp. The weft can be innovative, jute, lace, chiffon, strips of velvet, sequins, plastic, and metals, silk and satin. Wool and fleece from her sheep, cotton, mohair from Rupert and Mo the Angora goats and the occasional snatch of cow hair are more ordinary weft materials.

The wools and mohair are individually hand-dyed for each tapestry; some are then hand-spun by Sallie and Shelia Bates. Embroidery, crochet, plaiting and soumak are methods added to weaving to achieve the perfect picture. Each piece is mounted in a driftwood frame, gleaned meticulously from the shores of the isles and highlands and painstakingly assembled to be appropriate for that particular tapestry - not an easy task.

On the web site you can see examples of the tapestries; pictures speak louder than words!

Joanna Sumervil in Cumbria, Noelle Boise, Argyll and Angie MacGregor, Wick, trained her. An 8-shaft James Lockie loom, and an 8-shaft Levard are used for weaving.