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Tricky Knitting
This week I have been busy knitting a woollen rabbit in preparation for a ‘Retro Animals’ knitting workshop at Dragon Hall, in Norwich. Struggling with a vintage knitting pattern, my thoughts turned distinctly leporine as I considered the significance of this amusing,…
Dressmaking, Maps and Silk Handkerchiefs
On Saturday The Mercerie hosted the first of our dressmaking workshops in Norwich, with the very brilliant Pat Hodger, and a lovely group of ‘makers’. In preparation I had decided to brush up on my own sewing skills and bought…
On the Science of Hyperbolic Crochet
Whilst preparing for a crochet workshop recently, I became engrossed in a thought pattern inspired by the work of Margaret Wertheim and The Institute for Figuring. When I was at school I was good at textiles. I was also good…
On The History of Networking
As a compulsive maker my knitting accompanies me everywhere. This week presented another opportunity to knit by a smoky campfire under a star studded sky. A pack of feral children with grubby fingers were squashing marshmallows onto beautiful double pointed…
Fabrications: A Contemporary Textile Craft Course
Full details of this exciting new textiles course can be found on our workshops and events page. http://demo.themercerie.net/workshops/
Rain Damage at The Mercerie
Yesterday I decided to retrieve a small piece of furniture from the big shed with the leaky roof. I spotted it buried under several decomposing cardboard boxes that seemed to be supporting whole ecosystems of diverse fungal species. I dragged…