Damaris Silvester
@damarisrevell.bsky.social
Retired teacher, enjoys playing with textiles and making things. And reading. Reading, reading, reading.
This is a fabulous exhibition at the British Library. The book enhances it and, if you can’t make it, is still worth reading.
Also, look up Welsh Poet Gwerful Mechain
Also, look up Welsh Poet Gwerful Mechain
December 3, 2024 at 11:39 AM
This is a fabulous exhibition at the British Library. The book enhances it and, if you can’t make it, is still worth reading.
Also, look up Welsh Poet Gwerful Mechain
Also, look up Welsh Poet Gwerful Mechain
Knitting waiting for a hospital appointment. So many people say to me. “oh I used to love knitting” and say that they might take it up again. Which is lovely.
November 29, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Knitting waiting for a hospital appointment. So many people say to me. “oh I used to love knitting” and say that they might take it up again. Which is lovely.
Absolutely fascinating research into the dyes used in the tapestry (which we all know is really an embroidery!) and recreating their true colours.
I also had to go and look up how many women are pictured in the Tapestry….
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I also had to go and look up how many women are pictured in the Tapestry….
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Absolutely fascinating research into the dyes used in the tapestry (which we all know is really an embroidery!) and recreating their true colours.
I also had to go and look up how many women are pictured in the Tapestry….
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I also had to go and look up how many women are pictured in the Tapestry….
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Unseasonal but a lovely accompaniment on a long windy wet drive today. A serendipitous find on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - Beltane - BBC Sounds
By Ben Lewis. Soulful and witty drama about love, nature and the love of nature.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Unseasonal but a lovely accompaniment on a long windy wet drive today. A serendipitous find on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This post (and the ones that follow it) is completely fascinating. I loved reading every word and then went back and read it all again.
As we have new people, time to share the piece of work I'm proudest of: my recreation for @womenslibrary.bsky.social of the jumper published in the UK feminist magazine 'Spare Rib' from 1982. I wrote all about the process and what it tells us about knitting in the 20thC. Then I made my own. 🧶♀️
Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Part 1 – Purls of Feminist History
Feminist magazine Spare Rib published a pattern for a handknitted jumper in 1982. As volunteer Becky knitted one up for our collection, the more there was to learn about the jumper and its position in...
womenslibrary.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
This post (and the ones that follow it) is completely fascinating. I loved reading every word and then went back and read it all again.
I’ve cast on a Toph Campagne by Tom Paterson to go with my beloved Toph Hat by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
woollywormhead.com/product/toph...
woollywormhead.com/product/toph...
November 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM
I’ve cast on a Toph Campagne by Tom Paterson to go with my beloved Toph Hat by @woollywormhead.bsky.social
woollywormhead.com/product/toph...
woollywormhead.com/product/toph...
I made some dolly pegs into fairies.
November 16, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I made some dolly pegs into fairies.