Plenty of Nothing

Knitting in the Great Tapestry of Scotland

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Arimatsu

Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth at the Takeya Sahei Storefront by Utagawa Hiroshige. Source.

Tapisserie Tolkien

In 2020 la Cité internationale de la tapisserie Aubusson hosted an exhibition of tapestries based on the art of JRR Tolkien. Source.

Sancho Departs for the Island of Barataria

Detail of a tapestry Sancho Departs for the Island of Barataria, from the workshop of Peter van den Hecke. Source.

Burnt Njal Tapestry

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Tumgluttons

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Bojagi

This Korean jacket is made from bojagi cloth, a traditional patchwork style. Source.

Tsugaru Sashiko

Aomori Prefecture combines territories once controlled by the Tsugaru and Nambu domains. A difference between the two areas is the way they embroidered kimono: Tsugaru is monochrome, Nambu is coloured. Read more about it here.

Embroidered Greenock

A cushion embroidered by Betty MacDougall at Greenock in 1959, from the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Source.

It's the 2019-20 Scottish Cup, Round Three.

It's a cornucopia of matches between league and non-league clubs.

Morton host Brora Rangers of the Highland League. These two clubs have never played a competitive match before, but they did play a friendly in Brora on July 11th, 2015, which Morton won 0 - 1.

Brora Rangers are currently top of the Highland League with 12 wins and 2 losses.

BBC Scotland has published its Championship broadcast schedule for January to March and Morton are the only club not included.

Reports are that groundskeeper Mark Farrell has left Morton.

[ Morton 1 - 1 Brora. Goal by McHugh.]

Brora Rangers versus the 2019-20 Championship clubs:

2015/10/24    Brora 1 - 2 Arbroath      Scottish Cup

2015/7/25      Brora 0 - 1 Alloa            Challenge Cup

2014/11/29    QoS 4 - 1 Brora             Scottish Cup

1983/1/29      Dundee 2 - 1 Brora       Scottish Cup

1956/9/22      Arbroath 6 - 1 Brora      Scottish Cup

Other matches:

Linlithgow Rose 1 - 4 Falkirk (last night)

Falkirk sacked manager Ray McKinnon following last weekend's game. Tuesday they appointed Lee Miller and David McCracken as interim managers.

Queen of the South [1 - 2] Queen's Park [Upset]

These two met in the 1995-96 Scottish Cup and Queen's Park won.

Partick Thistle [1 - 0] Penicuik

Partick Thistle have been taken over by supporter Colin Weir, using lottery money he won in 2011. He plans to give control over to the fans before the end of this season. Story.

Penicuik is pronounced Penny Cook.

Elgin [1 - 3] Alloa

This is the first Scottish Cup match between these two.

Auchinleck Talbot [1 - 1] Arbroath

This is the first Scottish Cup match between these two.

Stranraer [1 - 0] Dunfermline [Upset]

Stranraer won the last time these two met in this cup.

Bonnyrigg Rose [2 - 1] Montrose [Upset]

First match ever between these two.

Inverurie Loco Works [0 - 1] Broxburn [Upset]

East Fife [3 - 4] BSC Glasgow [Upset]

First match ever between these two.

Stirling Albion [0 - 2] Clyde

These two met in 1981-82 and 2016-17 and both times Clyde advanced.

Edinburgh City [4 - 3] Annan

League Two.

Formartine [0 - 4] East Kilbride

Highland League versus Lowland League.

Raith Rovers [1 - 0] Peterhead

These two are both in League One and they also met in the League Cup group stage.

Dumbarton [3 - 1] Forfar

These old campaigners met in 1925-26, 1969-70 and 2007-08. Dumbarton are ahead two to one.

Albion Rovers [1 - 4] Airdrieonians

This is the first Scottish Cup game between Albion Rovers and New Airdrieonians.

Greenock Morton in the Scottish Cup Round Three this century:

2000/1/30      Morton 1 - 1 Brechin

2000/2/8        Brechin 0 - 0 Morton (Morton won on PK.)

2001/1/27      Peterhead 4 - 1 Morton

Morton did not make it to Round Three in 2001-02.

2003/1/25      Ross County 1 - 2 Morton

2004/1/10      Morton 0 - 3 Partick Thistle

2005/1/11      Livingston 2 - 1 Morton

Morton did not make it to Round Three in 2005-06.

2007/1/6        Morton 3 - 1 Kilmarnock

2007/11/24    Morton 3 - 2 Buckie Thistle

2008/11/29    Peterhead 2 - 1 Morton

2009/11/28    Morton 0 - 0 Dumbarton

2009/12/5      Dumbarton 0 - 1 Morton

2010/11/20    Dumbarton 1 - 2 Morton

2011/11/19    Morton 5 - 1 Deveronvale

2012/11/3      Albion Rovers 1 - 1 Morton

2012/11/13    Morton 3 - 0 Albion Rovers

Morton had a bye into Round Four in 2013-14.

2014/11/1      Morton 0 - 0 Airdrieonians

2014/11/11    Airdrieonians 0 - 2 Morton

2015/11/28    Albion Rovers 0 - 2 Morton

2016/12/3      Beith 0 - 6 Morton

Morton had a bye into Round Four in 2017-18.

2018/11/24    Morton 1 - 1 Peterhead

2018/11/27    Peterhead 0 - 3 Morton

Championship:

Inverness CT (4th) [1 - 0] Dundee (3rd)

This match was postponed from last weekend due to ICT's involvement in the Wafer Cup. Both ICT and Dundee have a bye into Round Four of the Scottish Cup.

Raith Rovers and Partick Thistle have been drawn together for the Challenge Cup semi-finals. Potentially they could play each other five times between now and the end of the season: once in the Challenge Cup, twice in the Scottish Cup, and twice in the playoffs.

1907-08: Morton visited Motherwell and lost 4 - 0.

1963-64: Morton visited Arbroath and beat them 1 - 2.

Lowland League: East Stirlingshire [3 - 1] Berwick Rangers

Who will get back to the SPFL first: East Stirlingshire, Berwick, Gretna, or Clydebank?

Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth Round:

Rossvale vs Auchinleck Talbot (postponed to Nov 30)

No other club has had so many Scottish Junior Cup games postponed because of the Scottish Cup as Auchinleck Talbot.

Aberdeen East End [1 - 4] Beith

Hurlford [3 - 0] Benburb

Irvine Meadow [0 - 0] Glenafton

Dundee North End vs Kirkintilloch Rob Roy [postponed]

Pollok [2 - 1] Troon

Petershill [2 - 2] Rutherglen Glencairn

Again, these are only the matches with West Premiership clubs in them.

HFX Wanderers have signed Scott Firth and Alex De Carolis for another year.

AFC Champions League final, second leg (Nov 24):

Urawa Red Diamonds [0 - 2] Al-Hilal

[Al-Hilal are Asian champions and will go on to the Club World Cup.]

Swiss Challenge League: Winterthur [0 - 2] Kriens (tomorrow)

It's the final round of the 2019 Regional Champions League. The matches are:

Nov. 20: Iwaki FC 3 - 0 Kochi United

Nov. 20: Ococias Kyoto 2 - 0 Fukui United

Nov. 22: Iwaki FC 1 - 0 Ococias Kyoto

Nov. 22: Kochi United 3 - 1 Fukui United

Nov. 24: Iwaki FC [1 - 1] Fukui United

Nov. 24: Kochi United [3 - 1] Ococias Kyoto

This round is to determine the pecking order for promotion to the Japan Football League. [It is: Iwaki FC, Kochi United, Ococias Kyoto, Fukui United.]

J2 ends tomorrow. The top two clubs will go up J1. Teams 3 to 6 go into a playoff for a chance at promotion. Our guys Mito HollyHock enter this weekend in 8th place, with a shot at a playoff spot. If they can beat Fagiano Okayama in their final game, and Ventforet Kofu and Kyoto Sanga both lose, they're in.

Mito HollyHock (8th) [1 - 0] Fagiano Okayama (9th)

Ventforet Kofu (6th) [2 - 0] FC Ryukyu (14th)

Kashiwa Reysol (1st) [13 - 1] Kyoto Sanga (7th) [Oof.]

[Mito finish seventh.]

Tomorrow it's Round Two of the 41st Empress's Cup. Here the N1 clubs and the rest of N2 join in. Let's continue with the university teams that won in the first round.

Match No. 18: Nippatsu Yokohama FC Seagulls (N2) [2 - 1] Teikyo Heisei University

Match No. 20: Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (N1) [1 - 0] Waseda University

Match No. 26: Sfida Setagaya FC (N2) [0 - 1] Shizuoka Sangyo University Iwata Bonita

Match No. 27: Iga FC Kunoichi (N2) [7 - 0] Niigata University of Health and Welfare

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Snow-Bleaching

The making of Ojita-chijimi cloth includes laying it out in the snow to bleach. Read about it. Source.