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Special Wanted Plea

From Maureen Raven-Smith Do you have an inkle loom made by my husband, Frank Smith? As Frank is no longer with us I would like to buy back a loom as I do not have one and love inkle weaving. His looms have a visible strip on the tension…
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Must farm Textiles

A thank you from Susanna   Hello Everyone, The Must Farm Bronze Age Pile Dwelling chapter on the textiles, called 'Fibres and Fabrics' is now out. I'd like to take this opportunity thank all of those who helped towards this research.…
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The Nettle Dress

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. Find out more about the film here including trailer: https://www.nettledress.org/home Details of screenings…
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New Book – Inspired to Spin

New book “Inspired to Spin” Clear, concise and beautiful, a book to inspire your spinning journey Written by Alison Daykin and Cath Snape with additional input from Amanda Hannaford and Jane Deane Pre-order now £30 – available…
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Mary Barker Trophy

Jean Weddell won the Mary Barker Trophy in 2021 for her woven shoulder bag. The theme was Recycled. Jean made the bag using cut-up 1970s kitchen curtains (fabric shown tucked in to the handle) and the lanyard from the “Simply Special”…
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Field Scale Trial of Coreopsis tinctoria

Lynnie of Brickpits Organic Farm was asked by Southeast England Fibreshed to carry out a field scale trial growing Coreopsis tinctoria to see if it would be a viable field crop in this country. Southeast England Fibreshed is an organisation…
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Shop Online with The Sussex Guild

Browse and buy unique, beautiful handmade craft direct from some of the South's best designer makers and find that special gift or even treat yourself. When allowed to re-open, the shop will be open 7 days a week, 10am – 5pm (except Christmas…
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Selvedge Magazine Tea and Textiles Talks

Are you on Instagram? Join us every other Friday afternoon where we have tea and talk textiles (virtually) with a designer or maker we admire. If you can’t make it live you can catch up with this chat and January’s guests on our IGTV…
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Haptic & Hue Podcasts

Textiles have an incredible power to talk to us, if we can hear them. They comfort and console us, create memories, define who we are and what we might believe in. They are a detective story that we can hold. Haptic and Hue’s Tales of Textiles,…
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