History in my hands

MUCH can be said for modern ways, but that doesn’t mean heritage crafts should be allowed to fall by the wayside. These long-established practices have been passed from generation to generation, and r

Roger Hughes shares his new technique for making a smooth, continuous splice in double-braided line

Siân Cornish, expert in natural dyes

We’ve always thought TOFT’s luxury yarns are mouthwateringly lush, and their summer 2025 collection is no exception. Choose four 25g balls of DK pure wool to make this fab lollipop trio, with wooden s

IN a small room above a bonnet shop in London’s Sloane Street in 1872, two daughters of “a surveyor of good repute who died unexpectedly leaving a widow and four daughters unprovided for” were entered

A resurgence of interest in lug-rigged sailing vessels showcases the importance of Scotland’s former booming herring industry