Knitwear: from Chanel to Westwood at the FTM
A review of the exhibition 'Knitwear: From Chanel to Westwood' at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, London.
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October 8, 2014
Yarn bombing at Squirrel
Preparing to teach crochet at Squirrel, Loughborough by yarn bombing their shop sign with colourful granny stripes crochet
September 22, 2014
Vintage crochet and afternoon tea
Afternoon tea - how it came to be A couple of years ago a friend was hosting a house-warming party; for entertainment, she had booked a well-known crochet tutor to teach a workshop. Unfortunately, the tutor had to pull out a few weeks beforehand, so my friend was wondering what…
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September 18, 2013
Pen nibs and custard!
I've always had a fascination with how things are made, whether that be by hand or machine. As I child, I remember watching milk bottles being filled in a factory; it was quite mesmerising! Recently, a group of us went to Birmingham, which is Britain's second largest city. For many…
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February 25, 2013
Church Gate – a plethora of craft shops
Loughborough is a large town in the East Midlands. It has an excellent university (HQ for Team GB during London 2012), several fantastic markets, lots of Victorian terraces, many Art Deco buildings in the town centre, a small medieval area, one of the few working bell foundries in the UK…
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December 20, 2012