Dovecot Studios of weavers in old swimming pool

       After lunch in town with old friends, we decided to visit The Dovecot Studios, pronounced 'doocot' in the Scottish way. This is an extraordinary and wonderful home to tapestry weavers based in what was an old Victorian swimming pool. For a while it was housed in an old dovecot in Corstophine hence it's name.
       You can watch the weavers working at their looms. Each stitch is done individually and often in a different colour  and sometimes in a different stitch type. Some of the tapestries are huge.
It must require huge patience.  Founded in 1912 by the Marquis of Bute, there is at present a beautiful exhibition of hand made carpets.