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Steve KennettThe Sussex Spinner

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St Margaret 2 - beware of an angry woman weilding a distaff

4th June 2021

A second picture from Notre Dame du Tertre. St Margaret has been taken to the Abbot and is really angry. No she will NOT be married to whoever he may be.

Notre Dame du Tertre

3rd June 2021

Notre Dame du Tertre A few years ago we visited Chatelaudren a small town in Brittany not far from where I had stayed with a family a long time ago. The reason this town is of interest is the 14th century chapel...

My New Braces

16th March 2021

My New Braces During the first long shutdown I needed to keep active so I gave myself a project to do - to weave some new braces So here it is. This all started when I saw a picture of a Norwegian lady in her wedding dress...

Inkle braids

10th March 2021

Here are samples of the braids I wove for the workbook. They are based on those used by the Sami people who keep reindeer and live in the North of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia

Did people in Britian knit in Tudor times?

7th December 2020

Did they knit in England in Tudor Times? How many uses of the word knit were current in Tudor times? If they didn’t knit then what did they wear for their ‘hose’? If they did knit do any patterns exist? When was hose first knitted in England? These questions needed an answer when I was asked to spin wool suitable for someone to knit hose that would have been worn in Tudor times...