Ever since seeing the photo of my great grandmother, Florence, wearing a pocket on the outside of her skirt, I have wanted to make a wearable pocket. Especially as on some days, I select clothes depending on whether they have pockets or not, I am lost without pockets!  The photo of Florence wearing the pocket is shown on this page, and you may have seen the embroidered stitched piece in my studio.   Sometimes in workshops, I keep a small shoulder bag on me at all times to b

If you would like to learn the ancient craft of wet felting, there are three dates for workshops in the next few weeks: Thursday 26th March at my studio. Saturday 28th March at Sunny Bank Mills. Wednesday 1st April at my studio. Together we will squish Merino wool felt tops, as well as other beautiful types of wool like Cheviot and Blue Leicester, and we will be making a wool felted landscape panel, which could be a wall hanging, or made into a handy case which are great for

After many years of teaching this workshop, I have decided to change the name of the Wool Embroidery workshop to Contemporary Crewel Embroidery. Although the technique used in many of my designs is crewel, I embroider with pure wool threads that would usually be employed for crochet or knitting. The reason for embroidering with knitting wool is that it is soft to the touch, it's easier to work with, and it looks beautiful. The wool contained in my kits are from a local suppli