My First Week of School in SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Textile Design at Heriot-Watt University Vlog 

Your channel po 0:01 piped into my feed and I’m so happy! I’m 63 and semi-retired on a meager income. Grew up “making do and mending”, reusing fabrics, finding bulk yarns and wool yard goods at the Pendleton mills back in the 70s when you could still get their “seconds”. Been doing handcrafts since I was 4 but never weaving. If I had been able to do what I wanted at 18 I would have hightailed it to Europe and likely found myself where you are! You are truly blessed with this opportunity and with your amazing talents! I just got back into sewing this last year, making jackets and quilts from rescued fabrics. I might try a simple weave at some point. You’ve inspired this old lady! ❤️

So exciting! Gosh Scotland is gorgeous. You might want to look into getting a second-hand bicycle for your stay that you can pass along to another student when the year ends. It'll make the back and forth to town much less daunting.

Oh that makes me feel so nostalgic! I went there when it was called Scottish College of Textiles from 1988 - 1990. Our halls (dorm) rooms didn’t have showers or toilets, just a small sink. There were 3 toilets across the glass atrium for the 12 residents on each floor. There was also one shower that we had to queue for each morning and a separate bath which only really got used by students who stayed at the weekends. Galashiels is such a beautiful town. It was much smaller back then, just 2 supermarkets and they weren’t huge, no trains, no McDs or any other fast food, just chippies, Chinese and baked potato shops. It was absolutely the happiest time of my life (I was in a relationship for 10 years with a guy who lived there too) and if I got the opportunity I would move back in a heartbeat. Enjoy your time there, make the most of every second and pack in as much as you can. In no time at all you’ll be reminiscing about the wonderful time you had there 30 odd years ago 💜

I studied abroad in London for a year and it was truly the best year of my life so far. The fast friends made from everyone being in a new place and banding together is super special and everyday feels like you're making a core memory haha I hope you're having the best time!

welcome to scotland !! great to have you here in our little silly country :)) hope you enjoy it !!

Congratulations on your study abroad. So excited for your new weaving assignments.

You’re a joyous breath of fresh air 😊

Can’t wait to see more of this new adventure.

I can not believe I have stumbled on this when there is such a wonderful long list of vlogs I can stream for days and days! I am a total textile person - weaving sewing dying indigo growing using.. just got back from at trip that started in Edinburgh with a trip to the Dovecot Gallery and the Andy Warhol exhibit - hope you got to see that. My mind is totally blown by those rooms of looms.. can't wait to see a LOT more... just watched your weaving samples blog before I came back to the beginning here. I love sampling, I would rather do that actually than actually finish a project.. when I warp my loom and get the first few inches woven and see the fabric .. I have a hard time going on from there... not sure where you are not in real time - I assume still in Scotland but you may hav been there for a semester .. not a year.. if I were you - I would not want come home!

Wow, you're going g to have an awesome time. I'm looking forward to seeing what you learn at the weaving school.

Welcome to Scotland! There is a good newish rail link to Edinburgh to explore. Nice to see Scottish study & expertise shown on RU-vid. Enjoy your time here.

How exciting! What a great experience, can’t wait to see you next videos. I follow a couple of Scottish tubers, Stranded Dye works who owns his own dyeing studio, a really lovely person who posts pretty much weekly but sometimes longer. The other is Foxes Afloat a gay couple who started making videos while living on a narrowboat full time cruising the OK canal system . They have now traded to a small highland farm/ Croft with raising bees, chickens, adopting an orphan owl , post weekly usually Fridays. Now you’re the 3rd for at least awhile. Good luck, have fun.

Looks great. You'll need your woolies now as it's turning cold! ❤

I'm excited for you, getting to stay in Scotland for the semester. Loved all the storage in your little dorm room and everything looks new. By the looks of the loom room I bet you're going to learn tons and be very busy. Enjoy and looking forward to seeing your progress. 😊

As someone who just moved to Belgium from another country to study textile design this felt super comforting, glad to see you have so much fun!!

This was so lovely! Especially the second hand art shop, I would absolutely love to go to that place. Looking forward to seeing your adventures, it inspires me a lot :)

Walmart has owned ASDA for quite a few years. Galashiels is a very small town but has a huge textile history. I’m so excited to see you in the U.K.

What a great opportunity for you. Congratulations. Living in another country is a great way of expanding one’s understanding of other people, other ways of doing things, traditions and one’s knowledge and outlook on the world. Every young person around the world should really have the opportunity to live for a while in a country not their own.

What an awesome experience you are going to have in Scotland. Thanks for bringing us along with you.

Hello Andrea, No one brings such an exciting anticipation on RU-vid as much as you do! It truly has been the most exciting events of my RU-vid adventures to be following your educational textile journeys, life adventures, & overall life events!! You are building a serious educational background & real worldwide experiences that will serve you & your career well your entire life!! **** I hope you are creating several bounds books of your Textile Life, Education, Travels, etc!! Because one day, a magazine &/or book publisher will be looking for YOU!!! Have the most wonderful & amazing time in Scotland!! Which is easy for you to do, because of who you are!!❤❤❤ Congratulations 👍🏻🤗🙌🏻👏🏻!!!

How exciting and what a wonderful opportunity! My family of 5 is moving from CA to Scotland this year…permanently! Wishing you the very best! Hope you enjoy every second of it ❤

It's so exciting following all your weaving/textile journeys . Thank you for brightening my morning 😊

Omg I just moved to France full-time for school and the weight limit on luggage is no joke!! I was lucky to travel with some family so I stole luggage from all of them lmao. I had art supplies on top of clothes, and I desperately wanted to take my comforter I squeezed into a vacuum seal bag. This will be so exciting for you!!

Just wow! Will be following you every minute. What great opportunity! I’m 76, been spinning over 50 year. I’ve felted ,all kinds, woven, I’m a little of a free spirt. Dyed wool forever….but never been able to travel. I dairy farmed, raised my own spinning flock, raised two kids. Now I can watch your adventures…so much fun, thank you.

So excited for you and glad that you know a few people. Good Luck and have a great time. I loved that Yarn Shop. Your expression said it all. Diane

Just checked out some videos of yours randomly and I enjoyed them so much! How exciting to study and live in Scotland?!?! Thank you so much for sharing all the lovely things ❤

Wow! I’m sure I’m not the only one who thought the video was NOT long enough. I’m excited to see what you experience!

I am SO EXCITED for you and look forward to seeing more of your adventures in Scotland!

What an amazing experience you are having and WOW!!!! All that cool equipment!!! Enjoy!

Good luck and welcome to Scotland. Your are going to have an amazing time. Enjoy.

Your enthusiasm is infectious.🇨🇦

New sub! I’m looking forward to enjoying the semester with you. I’m not a weaver, but I quilt and crochet, and textiles are textiles. Have a great semester.

Oh Andrea, I so enjoy your videos ;) You excitement is contagious! I'll be watching your adventures studying in Scotland ;) You go girl! Sunshine

Loved it all.

What an amazing experience andrea! Breathless ! Keep sharing with us so you do not miss your kitty and friends and family. 👍❤️🍁🍂🙏🏻

So excited for you and so stoked to watch your vlogs while you're there!

Gosh this makes me so nostalgic for starting uni, moving into halls, all that good stuff! My little Scottish campus had rabbits too which totally blew my mind, coming from London. Can’t wait to see what you get to work on there!

I'm so happy for you, what an adventure! I hope you don't mind me living vicariously thru your videos! but I'm on my own housebound adventure, making miniatures in 1/12 scale, am putting together a fabric/craft/yarn miniature shop. you adventure large, I adventure small! be well, and I look forward to more videos and more bunnies.

stumbled on your video. I stay just over the Queensferry crossing bridge from Edinburgh. Lots to see both sides of the water. looks amazing at uni.

Wonderful. You are going to have so much fun. Stay inspired.

Enjoy Scotland. The town looks beautiful

Also history books of what you are going to school for and textbooks and projects you complete hopefully you can send home

Very excited for you !

Love the first two minutes highlighting your family's visit! Haven't quite finished the video yet, but what an amazing opportunity! Such an adventure! Looking forward to your posts in the weeks ahead 💖 PS; That peacock sample that you fondled at about 6:?? in the screen print lab . . . it so looked like one of yours!!! 😄

Oh have fun. Can’t wait to see this.

Awesome !! Congratulations !!!

Oh, no way! I live in Galashiels! Hope you have a great experience!

Thanks! You go, girl! ❤

So happy for you! Can't wait to see your new works there! 💛

Welcome, I hope you find it great over here, I hope you get a chance to look at the Welsh weaving history etc

Looking forward to more weaving LOVETownsville Queensland OZ

Wow, you never cease to amaze me! This is so friggin awesome!

Oh my goodness me x❤I’m so so excited for you xxxx 🎉I’d love to be in that space toooooooooo 😊🎉❤

Wow. I would be in HEAVEN. Lucky you!!

I am hoping you are able to buy theeads and yarns and other things to send home for when you get back. Plus the extra things you got when you to settle in to send home so you dont over the weight limit for the airline. I am looking forward to seeing your videos this semester in Scotland.

How exciting! I can't wait to see what you do on those old looms.

How exciting, Andrea! Wishing you a lot of Fun and succes at your new school for this semester!

It was so much fun watching you explore Scotland, the school, the dorm, the local town. And the bunnies! (and alpacas!). Looking forward to see your work on looms in that amazing room full of looms. Are they countermarch looms? What's the big rig on the top? (I've had a countermarch loom and seen many others, but these looked different). Also I love the way the warping board has that central pair of pegs for the cross.

I'm really enjoying your response to being on this side of the Pond. I'm so glad that you're happy here😊. Please keep on making this wonderful blogs, they are making me so happy!

So lucky! Enjoy

I am having such a great time watching your adventures! Thank you for taking us along…..

omg how exciting!! can't wait to see what you learn in your semester in scotland.

Oooooso exciting to hear you moved to Scotland. We, hubby and I, watch your channel every week and love your bright, cheery manner and adventures.😂 you can be sure we will watch the whole series of your weaving school. Being a weaver myself, I am very interested in your content. Love your colourful cheery self. Good luck. Be happy. Hugs from Nova Scotia, Canada.

What an amazing experience! Enjoy!

Such an exciting adventure for you, Andrea, and thank you so much for sharing it with us. With your enthusiasm and passion for all that you do, I can’t wait to see what you learn and create, and the fun you will have. Enjoy!

I loved Scotland and I'm sure you will too! I'm excited to get to revisit through you!😊

You’re in my magical place. I hope you have a wonderful semester there. Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations. enjoy all your time there.good look in everything. Thanks to share😊

Wow Scotland is gorgeous and your dorm room is really nice ❤

I’m so excited to see that you are on this side of the Atlantic! Welcome to the UK!

How fun finding your channel! You seem so cheerful and happy, and what you are doing there is right up my alley. Looking forward to follow your journey in Scotland and all the weaving. I would have done what you are doing if I knew it existed when I was young. Well, I have done a LOT of crafting, also weaving and spinning and all the other things, so I'm not complaining :)

So much fun Hi from Montreal 🇨🇦 Having recently found you & your videos ....I was waiting for this new one !! Thanks so much You're a true natural...your videos are so much fun to watch wow, it was alot of rabbits ! Looking forward to more videos and your weaving...have a lot of fun !

Love your hair

You are such a lucky duck! Scotland is one of my favorite places in the world and there's no end of fascinating places to see. Can't wait to see your progress in school -- but you just have to explain what is on the top of all those looms?? xoxoxox

What fun-weaving and bunnies! Hope you find time to read some George MacDonald.

CONGRATS! Are you going to visit Ireland while you are there?

you may or may not be interested to know this, but it is my understanding that Walmart used to own asda and when it was sold retained a seat on the board. :). Ps I clicked on this video because one its about textiles and two my son is at the Edinburgh heriot-Watt uni campus So of course I just had to watch your video lol T x

I am soooo Jelly!!!!

AHHH STOP!! I just found ur channel but it makes me SO SO happy to see another FIT Textile design student studying abroad in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!! Tell me, did more people from ur class end up going there too? Also idk if u remember, but I’m Tina :) I came and spoke to ur class about my life- changing study abroad experience at Heriot Watt too 🎉❤❤

Did you leave carrots for the rabbits

You need a granny cart to carry your groceries.

google unexpected recommended you and I enjoyed the video as you are in Galasheil do try and get to Abbotsford Sir Walter Scott was a premier influencer, then looked back at some of your You Tubes and the idea for hanging Textiles on a wall chefs Kiss Enjoy my country

I’m soooo excited for you! (But sad I will not see you at rhinebeck.) thanks for taking us along❤️