Embroidery, design and creativity: a vicar's wife and her vocation
I enjoy feathering my nest with nifty gadgets and things that manage to be at once pretty and useful. I especially like to make my own accessories like scissor keeps and velvet boards, and of course the bobbins I showed you yesterday. Like many enthusiasts, I have an impressive stash of different kinds of scissors, …
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My first dabbling in crewel embroidery, the Nicola Jarvis Robin kit, has introduced me to the wonderful world of Appletons wool. It is made in the UK from Yorkshire sheep – the company dates back 178 years, and still sells some of the same shades that were used by William Morris in his tapestries. Crewel wool is …
Hobbycraft selling anchor stranded cotton for next to nothing I have had a fair few emails back and forth to the RSN this week, but before I get in to that, I just have to tell you about Thursday’s trip to Hobbycraft. Then, when you have read that bit, you can all get up, dash …
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