Discount code for tickets to the Knitting and Stitching Show Harrogate

Lumiere 2019

‘Lumiere’ is the name of a light festival that has taken place in Durham over the last 10 years. There have been one million visitors to the city to see Lumiere since the first one. I have lived in Durham for nearly 12 years and I just love the festival: the concept of the city beingContinueContinue reading “Lumiere 2019”

Textiles at Harewood House

Vintage sewing tools, such as thimbles, needle-cases and decorative scissors on display at Harewood House, Yorkshire

In August this year I visited Harewood House, a stately home (situated just north of Leeds in the UK) in order to see an exhibition called ‘Useful/Beautiful’ #WhyCraftMatters, curated by Hugo Macdonald. Harewood House, photo by Amanda Jane Ogden This was the first of what is intended to be a biennial exhibition celebrating modern craft. ContinueContinue reading “Textiles at Harewood House”