Claire Mitchell KC

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GRANITE NOIR - a great event! ❤️🤍🖤

thanks maria lovely to see you!

Great discussion about #WitchesOfScotland by @clairekc.bsky.social, Zoe Venditozzi and Steven Veerapen today as part of #GraniteNoir. Here's my review:
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Friends, I just found my next weaving project! 🙌🖤
Did you know? On Feb 11, 2025, Scotland certified the 'Witches of Scotland' tartan — designed by Claire Campbell, as a tribute to Scotland's dark, historic witch trials. So fascinating! More details, here: www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...

The official Rememberance Tartan. It is a striped pattern of red, gray, and white set on a black field.

Before you ask, yes, there's an official witch tartan. Though it's actually the "Rememberance Tartan" in honor of all those persecuted as witches in Scotland. I, personally, have a few ancestors who were hanged for having been accused of witchcraft.

But I'm also that dork into witches and Scotland.

A tartan scarf is neatly folded on to of brown parchment paper. The fabric is a field of black with a pattern of white, red, and pink woven stripes.

My Witch Tartan scarf arrived! It's so pretty, and much softer than I expected it to be 🖤. An officially registered tartan that commemorates women burned as witches.
This was a Kickstarter project, and I believe this fabric will be available to purchase by the meter some time in the future. 🧶🧵🔥

very cool thanks 🖤❤️🤍

We are pleased to now have on display a piece of the @witches.of.scotland memorial tartan in our museum. We were also gifted a copy of Zoe and Claire's recent book 'How to kill a Witch'. We will be selling copies of the book very soon in our gift shop.

thank you so much 😊🖤🤍❤️

Cover of the book, “How to Kill a Witch” by Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell.

A passage from How to Kill a Witch that reads, “The truth about the Scottish witch trials is bloody and horrific. We hope that the resulting book is one that underlines the incredible lengths that people—mostly men—have gone to in order to silence women. How to Kill a Witch also goes beyond what we learned about historical witchcraft trials here and abroad and extrapolates to what we see as the modern-day relevance: when the going gets tough in any society, it is the most vulnerable who are accused of causing damage.”

The black, gray, red and white “Witches of Scotland” tartan is the cover of the book itself.

I read a couple of chapters for the first time in a VERY long time today. My attention cooperated. I cannot recommend “How to Kill a Witch” enough so far. Content is timely, and interesting, and a cool detail is the Witches of Scotland tartan is the cover of the book itself. 😍

Front cover of how to kill a witch (with a bookmark and quarrelsome fame necklace)

The hard copy book is ‘witches of Scotland tartan’ under the dust cover. A mostly black tartan with prominent red and some pink and grey

My favourite book that came out this year is “How to Kill a Witch” by Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell. Scotland needs to learn from our history of misogyny and scapegoating. Witch killings also still happen around the world today.

thanks so much as ever gemma ❤️🖤🤍

My wee cat inspecting the real tartan. Tartan is mostly black with red, grey pink and a little gray

The stolen knocks offs from Kilt and More

My review on trust pilot. Link below. Review reads ‘Do Not Buy! This company is producing 'Witches of Scotland' tartan without permission. The ONLY place this tartan can be purchased is from the Witches of Scotland website and it is made on traditional looms in the Scottish highlands. Kilt and More are making poor quality knock offs and appropriating a memorial tartan for the women who were murdered during the Scottish witch hunts. Shame on them.’

Please report this company who have stolen @witches.of.scotland tartan to Trust Pilot. The ONLY place you can buy Witches of Scotland tartan is from @witches.of.scotland and it’s made on looms in the highlands. 🇺🇸 men stealing from women grifting out of tartan to memorialise murdered women 🔗👇🏻

also and just to be clear, i am not and was not asking you to take down your post - i saw it and thought “i’d better let her know that is not witches of scotland tartan” i can’t seem to DM you - i think you need to follow me or something?

i’m sorry I’m not angry at all? i was just trying to ensure sure you knew this was not the witches of scotland tartan and asking for your help? all frustration i have is towards the people who have sold you fake fabric and passed it off as ours . happy to discuss privately? 😊

It is hugely disrespectful given the reason for the tartan for them to make this and pass it off - a poor quality alternative to the actual tartan. if you could let us know whom this was bought from
that would assist us pursing an IP claim thanks and having Etsy remove them thank you.

Just to be clear, what they have sold you is not a non wool alternative- there is not such a thing - it is a fake made by people who don’t know the colours or thread count and are guessing from pictures. that is why the colours and the sizing of the weave are off.

sorry, we did reply to you the email was sent 9th September here it is - maybe it went into junk or some being?

it’s important to us to protect this memorial tartan, because as you say every thread and colour has such meaning that it is important as i am sure you appreciate. That’s why it’s trademarked,
copyrighted and registered.

Sadly this is not the Witches of Scotland (WOS)tartan. WOS is a memorial tartan & can only be made by women from the Prickly Thistle Mill in the Scottish Highlands. On Etsy scammers have made poor copies - guessing colour and thread count to make poor quality fakes. i’m sorry you have been scammed.

How to Kill a Witch: A Q & A with Zoe Venditozzi - Books from Scotland 'The issue has struck a chord with thousands of people and we’re delighted to have ignited this cultural conversation to recognise not only this historic miscarriage of justice, but also contemporary ...

Want to know more about @clairekc.bsky.social & Zoe Venditozzi's book How to Kill a Witch? Head over to BfS!

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The cover of How to Kill a witch: a guide for the patriarchy by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi the witches of Scotland

The book cover without the dust jacket featuring the witches of Scotland tartan pattern with panels of black with grey, red, and pink

The inner page addressed to Meg and signed by the witches of Scotland

This book is dedicated to the people, mostly women, who were accused, tortured and executed as witches, and those who still face those unfounded accusations today.

It came!! @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi thank you so much!
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Book Review: How To Kill A Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi #HowToKillAWitch #AGuideForThePatriarchy @madisonmitchel1 @zoevenditozzi @Octopus__Books @RandomTTours @witchesofscotl1 Synopsis As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 15…

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Today it’s my stop on the blog tour for How To Kill A Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi

#HowToKillAWitch #AGuideForThePatriarchy #ZoeVenditozzi #OctopusBooks #WitchesOfScotland @clairekc.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social

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thanks for letting us know it arrived safe ❤️🖤

A scarf on a blue background. The scarf is mostly black with a gray, white, pink, and red plaid pattern.

Look what arrived all the way from Scotland! It's the #WitchesOfScotland memorial tartan scarf. @clairekc.bsky.social #ZoeVenditozzi #HowToKillAWitch #Booksky💙📚 #EarlyModernHistory

thanks so much ❤️🤍🖤

Book cover - How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi.

Inside cover of How to Kill a Witch showing the witches of Scotland tartan.

Exciting #BookPost arrived today - How to Kill a Witch by @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi. The cover is stunning, and hardcover is the new Witches of Scotland tartan! Can't wait to get stuck into it 🥰

We've got some great new Scottish titles in this week! We've got a new DI McRae book from Stuart MacBride, the fantastic Muckle Flugga from @michaelpedersen.bsky.social and the absolutely brilliant How to Kill a Witch from @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi!