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Where Did April Go?

 Terry's bunny familyIt's May!.  Where did April go?  Easter is just a memory and all of the chocolate has disappeared!The bunny family have abandoned their egg distribution business.  They gone back to looking cute while eating the plants in...

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Colour Isn’t Everything

spaced warp scarfThe "little black dress" was once a staple in a modern woman's wardrobe.  Devoid of colour it was the cloth, the styling and tailoring that made it a stand out as a sophisticated classic.So what happens when we reduce the role of colour in our...

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Plain Weave isn’t Plain or Easy

The looms available to hand weavers have advanced in technology so that they can weave complex patterns and even pictures.  There are dobby looms and, compu-dobby looms with 16 to 64 harnesses, draw looms, and jacquard looms.  But we still can be blown...

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Plain Weave isn’t Plain or Easy

plain weave on a painted warp The looms available to hand weavers have advanced in technology so that they can weave complex patterns and even pictures.  There are dobby looms and, compu-dobby looms with 16 to 64 harnesses, draw looms, and jacquard...

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Too Early for Spring Cleaning

cram & dent exercise We've past that depressing period of ever shortening days.   I suspect there is a primitive anxiety buried deep inside us that is relieved when the days gradually become brighter and longer and we know the world will not end...