Muirlag/mudag

What we know about Mudags/Muirlags

This is another basket which has a whole variety of names. They include muirlag, murlag, crealagh, craidhleag or mudag. Dwelly’s lists ‘craidhleag’ as an egg shaped basket for balls of worsted. And it has the mudag as a wool …Continue reading “What we know about Mudags/Muirlags”
Making a mudag

Funny how life sometimes gives us second chances. I was asked by the Highland Folk Museum to make them a mudag a few years ago. I thought it unlikely I would make another but then about a month ago Sheila …Continue reading “Making a mudag”