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This week’s playlist
Each week a playlist of music and sound is curated to go along with the blog entries. Each of the tracks has something to do with the blog although sometimes…
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Making yarn – a start
The wool industry of Aotearoa New Zealand has been declining, at least where what is termed “strong wool” is concerned. Strong wool is the wool that is not “fine”. In…
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The New Zealand Gown of the Year
Between 1960 and 1964, in the Spring of the year, a trail of silver caravans travelled across New Zealand on behalf of “gaiety and glitter, chandeliers and champagne”. The New…
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What’s on the playlist?
This week’s Spotify tracks are: Aboriginal Lullaby by Basque Brandt and Maryasque together make Basque, a New York duo that formed in the 1990s. This song appears to be a…
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The Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of audio is curated on Spotify. The playlist reflects the items on the blog, although sometimes the link may be somewhat obscure! To listen click on…
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The Victorian Tapestry Workshop
The Victorian Tapestry Workshop is based in Melbourne and is one of the world’s centres for the art form. The Australian Tapestry Workshop, as it is now known, was established…
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Of Corvids
There are no native crows, magpies or other corvids in New Zealand Aotearoa. Long ago there were ravens in the country but nowadays the only crows that are seen are…
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Preparing wool
A few years ago a friend gave me a set of rather splendid books; The Textile Industries is a comprehensive yet easily-read catalogue of all the information that anyone could…
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Knitwear from the 1980s
A new book has been added to the library recently: The Pure New Wool Designer Knitwear Collection published in 1986. The 1980s stand out as a time when fashion became…
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Releasing kiwi
Kiwi are the icons of Aotearoa New Zealand but, like many of the native birds, are in danger from introduced predators. Since people arrived in the country, kiwi have been…
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