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A skull of lace
The Swedish textile artist, Esther Magnusson, has created a life-size skull out of lace. The skull was created from old bobbin lace made from cotton or linen and was stitched…
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Fish Quay – Shetland
The Scottish Isles are well-known for fishing, having survived on and built their industry on the richness of the North Sea grounds for millennia. In the past, herring were a…
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A Knitting Song
The company, Chappell & Co., began life in England in 1811, selling sheet music and musical instruments including pianos from its premises in London’s Bond Street. By the 1970s it…
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Travels in the South
Over the festive season we travelled through the central part of Te Waipounamu/ the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The journey of more than 1,500 kms, once all the…
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Ohinetahi – gardens of enchantment
A recent trip to Christchurch/ Otautahi offered a surprising and lovely treat. Lyttelton is a port town across the hills from Otautahi Christchurch. It is at the entrance to Banks…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a new playlist is created on Spotify, the music streaming platform. The playlist either follows the blog articles or is about current affairs and you can listen to…
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Suffrage in Stitches
Ashburton Art Gallery is currently hosting a Rather Wonderful exhibition about the emancipation of women in New Zealand. This show is made up of textile panels, each one dedicated to…
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A January concert
To begin the year’s programme of music there is to be a short concert in the town of Hokitika, south of Greymouth, at the end of January. The concert is…
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The blog’s return
Happy New Year. dear readers! I hope you have had a good break and enjoyed some peaceful time over the festivities. The fireworks for New Year celebrations were rained off…
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Of a scarf and a song
On Thursday this week the new choir met as usual. Being so close to Christmas, with all its activities and dinners, there were only a few of us, but more…
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