Textiles with a past

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This house has been our family’s home for 60 years, and it’s lovely to have that continuity. My mum was born here on the living room floor, and it used to belong to my late grandparents. It’s set over

Hullo! When I moved into my current apartment, one small box felt heavier than the rest. It held the last of my gardening tools, pared back from years of tending big, productive gardens. Those gardens

In a quiet living room long ago, a handkerchief of cloth cradled a story. A needle hovered over wool, through cotton, pulling a thread that tied one patch to the next and one life to another. This is

For hundreds of years the woollen industry was a major source of Britain’s wealth, so wool plays an important part in the country’s heritage. In the late Middle Ages trading of wool fleeces was of gre

From her smallholding in the heart of West Somerset, Bec Briar spins wool from her own flock of sheep and hand-weaves it into beautiful blankets and scarves