by Katherine | Jan 30, 2018 | All Posts, Dyes and herbs, Nature, Textiles, Timezones |
Thousands of years ago people discovered that they could change the colour of wool by making dyes from plants. How? A question I would love to know the answer to. Why? Because, just like modern people, they wanted to look good. As part of my Iron age textile work I...
by Katherine | May 15, 2017 | All Posts, Exhibitions, Textiles, Timezones |
What a great day!!! Yarnival seems to have been a success, we had lots of positive feedback about the atmosphere at the event, how it was friendly and relaxed. People felt happy to try new techniques, and not pressurised. We have also had several requests to do it...
by Katherine | May 4, 2017 | All Posts, Exhibitions, Textiles, Timezones |
We are all rather excited and somewhat nervous as it is only ten days till we host the first ever Wolverhampton Yarnival. We had our final ‘planning’ meeting last night, going though who and what will be on display, and tweaking things like ‘how...
by Katherine | Nov 6, 2016 | All Posts, feltwork, Schools, Textiles, Timezones |
I had a slightly unusual booking this week, a Medieval Day at Burton Manor Primary School, in Stafford. Now this isn’t one of the periods I cover, but it is my favourite area of English History, so I wasn’t going to turn it down. It took a little mixing...
by Katherine | Jul 15, 2016 | All Posts, Schools, Timezones |
There we go, the end of another academic year. When you work in schools you get two New Years! It’s been a strange year with Tony having to retire, and me taking on the business. There have been so many fantastic schools and teachers out there who have made me...
by Katherine | Jul 3, 2016 | Exhibitions, Nature, Schools, Textiles, Timezones |
Well June might have been officially damp and dismal, that’s what the weather lady on Countryfile said, but for me it has gone by in a flash. Lots of Timezones bookings, we have two schools who book us for a full week. Then I work with a different year group...
