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Following In The Footsteps Of Our Ancestors

Why such and interest in Flax? My interest in flax was roused for a number of reasons, firstly it was grown by my own family in Longford in 1796 and also by my husbands family, a fact that is recorded…

Anyone Can Make A Needle Felted Picture

What is needle felting? Simply put its the process of creating pictures or 3D shapes with wool using a barbed needle. For pictures the barbed needle pushes the fibres through the fabric holding it in place, for 3d felting the…

Handmade Socks With History

Fascination… its the only word that I can think of that describes when I first discovered the existence of Circular Sock Knitting Machines (CSMs for short). As with most things in life this discovery was a happy accident. Those of…