Glenorchy blankets

After Pauanesia closed I was blessed to be approached by Mrs Woolly's General Store in Glenorchy to weave blankets for them.

 

The Briefs were put together by Heather of Pauanesia so we were on the same wave length even though I haven't been to Glenorchy, a small village north of Queenstown at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu.  Many spectacular scenes from The Lord of the Rings were filmed nearby.  As an aside, when I cleaned out my mother's stuff I found several newspaper articles related to Glenorchy but have no clue to their significance. 

 

The first blanket range is called simply "Glenorchy".  It reflects the iconic red hut in the village, the towering mountain ranges and Lake Wakatipu. 

 

 

Next up was "Glenorchy Summer".

 

 

 

And then "Glenorchy Winter".

 

 

 

 When I first saw the briefs I was a bit awestruck as the colours were like none I had worked with before but with some shuffling of paint chips I slowly managed to tell the story quite successfully, I think.