Ealing’s impossible dream of the cloth that lasts forever
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lady in a green dress
the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour
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In Living Colour: A Matter of Life and Death
My favourite British Technicolor film
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across the strand
a pedestrian pilgrimage
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“picnic at Pigs’ Paradise”
a magical spot
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screen knits
Do you become obsessed with sweaters you see in films or TV? I frequently do, and on several occasions these obsessions have developed into fully-formed pattern ideas. Ursula, for example, began life with a very fleeting glimpse of a cardigan worn by a character in South Riding, a 2011 BBC miniseries set in the 1930s.…
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kodak portra 160
Hello everyone. Tom here with a post about my new favourite colour film, Kodak Portra 160. What I find really exciting about the discipline of photography is that despite the advancement of technologies available, access to old techniques remains, meaning that the rich and complex history of photography continues to be available for us to…
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A short film from Malin Head
Good morning! I thought you might like to see a short film Tom shot at Malin Head last week. I really hope you like it! One of our hopes for this year’s club was to be able to introduce you to the Scottish landscape which inspired my collection – and with that aim Tom has…
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The Fine Art of Fair Isle Knitting
You will have heard me mention distinguished Shetland designer, Hazel Tindall, many times on this blog. I first met Hazel three years ago, when I was lucky enough to take a workshop with her during Shetland Wool Week. Over the course of the class, Hazel shared her knitterly tips and techniques, talked us through some…
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Just checking in to let you know that I have turned a corner. I am now on a second round of antibiotics, the abscess is finally going down, and I am, at long last, starting to feel a little better. But it really has been a very odd time. I’ve been occupying an unpleasant sort…
Read MoreI want to bob my hair . . .
Stanley Cursiter The Fair Isle Jumper (1923) Edinburgh City Art Centre . . . just to wear this hat. I have 1920s accessories on the brain at the moment – we watched Anthony Asquith’s brilliant A Cottage on Dartmoor a few days ago, in which, between manicures, Norah Baring was sporting some fantastic hats in…
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Though I love the Gainsborough films, Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones and Michael Winterbottom’s A Cock and Bull Story, I am not generally a fan of contemporary cinematic takes on eighteenth- and nineteenth century literature. This is probably because of what I do: a generation of students who have grown up with the unshakeable idea that…
Read MoreWool 100%
Needled reviews: Mai Tomangi, Wool, 100% (2006) Really, what’s not to like? In a Japanese cross between Bagpuss and the Wombles, two elderly sisters, armed with pokey sticks and shopping trolleys, collect furniture, toys, and other discarded items from surburban rubbish bins. Their house totters and teeters under the weight of their gathered spoils, and…
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These flickr memes have been doing the rounds in various incarnations. The movie one is my favourite so far. 1. Favourite Movie? (A Man Escaped) 2. Favourite movie genre? (Melodrama) 3. Favourite actor? (Mitchum) 4. Favourite acress? (Bette) 5. What movie always makes you cry? (Ikiru) 6. What movie have you watched over & over?…
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KDD & Co 