Ross-shire storyteller to take quilt-inspired yarns online for trailblazing interactive SWI session

THE restrictions enforced on many by the coronavirus crisis have prompted the resurgence of an old Highland tradition – storytelling.

The drive to find new ways to keep in touch and communicate while abiding by coronavirus restrictions has inspired the Ross-shire SWI Federation to organise a live storytelling sessions led by Lizzie McDougall.

The Ross-shire based crafter is well known for her story quilts, beautifully made pieces which help to spin yarns.

Thanks to the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, the group will be hosting a Facebook Live Storytelling event next Thursday.

Ms McDougall has visited many of Ross-shire's SWI groups and hopes that members will tune in to the session

She will have her beautiful Gold and Silver Darlings story quilt and will tell the tales it illustrates that she gathered around the Moray Firth coast.

To make the live event interactive, she will invite people to participate by using the comments on the Facebook feed. She will take a break between stories to read the comments and looks forward to responding during the live session.

The session will then be saved on to the Facebook page and can be viewed any time.

The Ross-shire Federation said: "We hope that members will enjoy joining together in a virtual gathering for this storytelling session and that it will encourage a feeling of companionship and connection and that everyone will enjoy these local stories."

the Live Facebook event will be at 7:30pm on Thursday, November 19.

The Ross-shire Federation SWI Facebook page can be found here.

Find out more about Lizzie at https://tracscotland.org/storytellers/lizzie-mcdougall/

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