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		<title>Sock Experiments: Blue variegated #1</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/sock-experiments-blue-variegated-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NoNa knits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priscilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I really want to learn how to knit socks. Not just from a pattern. I want to be able to knit socks from the top of my head – like my Grandmother used to do it. This is where Pricsilla Gibson-Robson’s wonderful book “Simply Socks Plain and Fancy” comes in handy. We reviewed it here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inconsistent? As if…</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/inconsistent-as-if%e2%80%a6</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consistency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gauge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ways of the whorl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wpi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please welcome another really informative spinning post from guest blogger Cecile (Ways of the Whorl). For quite a while after I started spinning, and to some extent this is still true today, I just spun for the fun of it, spinning away like there was no tomorrow, like the sheep would grow more wool… which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Watch Strap</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/making-a-watch-strap</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leather-working]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ingersoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago my watch strap snapped on me and I decided to try to make a new one for my Ingersoll watch. I&#8217;ve seen a few classic styles of strap around and about but the style I really like comes from the straps used in and around WWI. It was around this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for Nailbinding – the Roman way</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/looking-for-nailbinding-%e2%80%93-the-roman-way</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/looking-for-nailbinding-%e2%80%93-the-roman-way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crafty Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nalbinding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evelyn Arnott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishbourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nailbinding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pliny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Palace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vindolanda Tablets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am so happy to introduce this guest post written by Evelyn Arnott who is a volunteer and occasional member of the Education Team at the Roman Palace, Fishbourne, West Sussex where she demonstrates Spinning &#38; Weaving to Children and visitors of all ages. I met Evelyn when she came to the Hampshire Guild of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why bobbin lace fascinates me?</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/why-bobbin-lace-fascinates-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bobbin lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bobbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwardian farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grey Duckling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honiton lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larkrise to Candleford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruth Goodman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=3113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bobbin lace is a craft that can be said to have gone out of fashion. This seems to have happened at the same time as the industrial revolution in the Edwardian period; a subject that has been covered recently both in the TV series, Edwardian Farm (BBC2) and the TV drama “Larkrise to Candleford” (BBC1). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for the echo flower shawl</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/help-for-the-echo-flower-shawl</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2 into 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 into 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[echo flower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knit along]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ravelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triangular shawl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=3131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning of January we started the Echo Flower shawl knit-along (KAL) on Ravelry. It&#8217;s been really fun but along the way we noticed that some notice shawl knitters (Eddie included) were having trouble understanding the construction of a triangular shawl. Shawl construction We have tried making a drawing of the construction of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Fibres: Silk hankies, two drafting possibilities</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/spinning-fibres-silk-hankies-two-drafting-possibilities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hankies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mawatas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ways of the whorl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=3103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to introduce another one of Cecile from The ways of the whorl&#8216;s guest posts on her adventures in spinning. This time she is going to tell us about her own experience in spinning silk. You can also join Cecile for our Echo Flower Shawl knit along on Ravelry or help her and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian spindles</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/russian-spindles</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/russian-spindles#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=3002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Russian spindle is a supported spindle, so can be used for short stapled fibers where a drop spindle would be much more difficult to use. Like all supported spindles it’s ideal for very thin singles because the yarn doesn’t have to resist the weight of the spindle. The Russian spindle doesn’t have a whorl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Crafty New Year</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/happy-crafty-new-year</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/happy-crafty-new-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A note from Eddie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobbin lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brooch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[star]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new year is approaching fast and I for one am looking forward to it. Not that 2010 didn&#8217;t live up to expectations, it was a great year. The Historic Crafts blog was started in January and the Grey Duckling blog soon followed in May. But I have so many more ideas that I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom whorl, the Turkish spindle</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/bottom-whorl-the-turkish-spindle</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/bottom-whorl-the-turkish-spindle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottom whorl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spindles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another installment from Cecile on her adventure with spindles. This week she is taking a closer look at bottom whorl spindles and especially the Turkish spindle on her blog the ways of the whorl. Bottom whorl drop spindles, as their name suggests, differ from the high or top whorl spindles by the fact that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Whorl Spindles</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/top-whorl-spindles</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/top-whorl-spindles#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cd spindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top whorl spindle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post was first published on Cecile&#8217;s new blog Ways of the Whorl, where you can follow her work on creating the perfect spindle. This type of spindle belongs to the drop spindle category. The whorl is basically a weight, used to stabilise the spindle and give it more momentum. Top whorl spindles, sometimes also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Felting</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/felting</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/felting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The translation of this great introduction into felt-making by Ane from Anes Form is long overdue. But it&#8217;s here now and you can use it to make other things not related to Easter. How about a hat to keep you warm this winter or come December you could make some Christmas baubles. In order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Jacob Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-jacob-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-jacob-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wool week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yarn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is thought that Jacob sheep arrived in Britain from the Middle East (via Spain) in the 16th Century. They are very attractive animals and were often kept in English parks as ornamental animals. Their fleece is black and white patched and fades to brown and white the older they get. They usually have 2-4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berry dyeing: a dying craft or a fun activity</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/berry-dyeing-a-dying-craft-or-a-fun-activity</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/berry-dyeing-a-dying-craft-or-a-fun-activity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyeing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[berried]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[berry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about dyeing with berries and whether this is a craft about to die out or whether it deserves a comeback as a fun activity to do with friends and family that will bring you all closer to nature. Throughout, I will add some tips and tricks on how to get started with this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A recipe for knitted flowers</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/a-recipe-for-knitted-flowers</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/a-recipe-for-knitted-flowers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ingrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaf]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to make your own knitted flower, you&#8217;ll need to knit a long strip of fabric, which is wider on one of the long sides than the other. From this you can form either a single rose-type flower, or a double flower. Even within these parameters there is scope for putting them together in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look closer at Swaziland</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/look-closer-at-swaziland</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/look-closer-at-swaziland#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closer look]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://historic-crafts.com/?p=2635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is linked with a look closer sibling post on Grey Duckling about current crafts people in Swaziland History of Swaziland The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small landlocked country in Southern Africa, named after the 19th Century king Mswati II. It is bordered to the North, South and West by South Africa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Cotswold Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-cotswold-sheep</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fibres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cotswold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduced to the Cotswold Hills of Gloucestershire, Britain in Roman times the Cotswold Sheep (also known as the Cotswold Lion) are classified as a longwool. They are heavily built sheep with white faces similar to Leicester and Lincoln breed, which they have been interbreed with over the years. Today the Cotswold is classified as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Black Welsh Mountain Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-black-welsh-mountain-sheep</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-black-welsh-mountain-sheep#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Medieval times, black wool, known as &#8216;Cochddu&#8217; (reddish brown) was much sought-after by merchants. In the 19th century Welsh flockmasters recognised the commercial potential of the black lambs and began to select and breed them carefully to produce a pure and separate strain of Black Welsh Mountain Sheep. Black Welsh Mountain sheep are small, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibres: Bluefaced Leicester Sheep</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/fibres-bluefaced-leicester</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bluefaced Leicesters are very majestic sheep with a broad muzzle, good mouth and a tendency towards a roman nose, bright alert eyes and long erect ears. The wool fibres are normally whitish and the name comes from the dark blue skin which can be seen through the hair on their heads. Previously known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing with Elderberries</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-elderberries</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elberberries were out in full bloom a couple of weeks ago and I decided that it was time to try some more berry dyeing. I still didn&#8217;t have a regular mordant like Alum so once again I turned to the tutorial &#8216;Making Natural Dyes from Plants&#8216; for their instructions on using salt as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing with Blackberries</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-blackberries</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blackberries are in season at the moment and we have quite a few in our garden. I have already used the best ones for Blackberry Jelly. After being inspired by the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild Exhibition, I decided to go home and give natural dyeing a try. I picked as many blackberries as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dye Gardens</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dye-gardens</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend had recently been to see Jane Austen&#8217;s House Museum in Hampshire and could report that the museum had recreated the dye garden. Was this common practice in country cottages, even though the residents of the house had no connection to the dye trade? We would like to know more about this and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing Wool</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/preparing-wool</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer I bought the fleece of a Jacobs sheep called Joy. The image below is not of Joy herself but of a similar Jacobs ewe. I wanted to spin the fleece on my Grandmothers spinning wheel. But I won&#8217;t have access to it before next year. In the mean time I wanted to wash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spinning Wheel</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/the-spinning-wheel</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you envisage when you think of a spinning wheel? A large, turned object that sits in the middle of the room, cranking slowly around while an old lady treadles for her life? No? Good. I should think not! Us young people do it too. As each generation learns from the last, the types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Spinning Glossary</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/a-spinning-glossary</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some useful terms that you might come across whilst spinning. Batt: Thick sheet of carded fibres. Blending: Combining more than one fibre or colour together so that they act as one. Done by carding. Bobbin: Holds the yarn once it is spun. Break: A weakness in one part of the staple (due to thinning of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Niddy-Noddy</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/the-niddy-noddy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once you have spun and plied your lovely new yarn, you&#8217;ll want to make it into a skein. The old-fashioned way to do this was to wind it around the back of a chair or a willing helper&#8217;s outstretched hands, but there is actually a piece of equipment out there that you can use: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecile’s best spinning tutorials</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/ceciles-best-spinning-tutorials</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hand spinner Cecile has recently learnt the craft of spinning on a drop spindle. From where you might ask. Well I think she started of learning the basics form her knitting group but the rest she has found out through online tutorials. We asked her if she would share her best online tutorials with us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Natural Dyes</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/review-natural-dyes</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural Dyes By Judy Hardman and Sally Pinhey, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84797-100-5 By Louise Schelde Jensen I have been dyeing with plants and other natural materials for about three years now, and have gained experience with different types of plants and the colours you can get out of them. I have also acquired the basic &#8216;know-how&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Years of Hampshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/60-years-of-hampshire-guild-of-weavers-spinners-and-dyers</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crafty Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special article put together by Dawn Dunlop for the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers Guild&#8217;s Jubilation Exhibition. The information in this article is collated from documents from  Hampshire WSD Guild Archives. As a member of the Hampshire Guild of just 13 months, it has been very interesting looking through the archive at photographs, and slides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a CD Spindle</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/how-to-make-a-cd-spindle</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have read &#8220;Portrait of a Hand Spinner&#8221; you will have read about Cecile&#8217;s quest to make the perfect spindle. One of the first spindles she made herself was the CD spindle. Here are the instructions for the CD spindle drawn by Eddie. A very big thanks to Cecile for letting us in on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to weave</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/learning-to-weave</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been wanting to learn to weave for a while now but have also been keeping it of because I wanted to wait till I had access to my mothers six shaft floor loom again. Nevertheless, my friend Dawn decided to book me onto a weaving weekend with Mary Keer a fellow member of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Jubilations</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/weavers-spinners-and-dyers-jubilations</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/weavers-spinners-and-dyers-jubilations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This August the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (WSP) Guild are celebrating their 60th Anniversary with the exhibition &#8220;Jubilations&#8221; from the 17th-30th August (10.00-17.00) at the Great Hall in Winchester. Admission is free. Come along and enjoy weaving, spinning and dyeing demonstrations, learn about the techniques and see what the members have created over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review (by Sue) Celtic, Viking and Anglo-Saxon Embroidery</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/review-by-sue-celtic-viking-and-anglo-saxon-embroidery</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crafty Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art &#38; Embroidery of Jan Messent: Celtic, Viking &#38; Anglo-Saxon Embroidery By Jan Messent ISBN: 9781844484096 Review by Sue Bates Jan Messant has many good books to her name but this is by far the greatest and glossiest. If you aren&#8217;t reading snippets from it for your embroidery knowledge, it will rest invitingly on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nomadic Origin of Felt</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/the-nomadic-origin-of-felt</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ane Løser Translated by Eddie Roued-Cunliffe Humans are not known to have traveled alone through history but have instead been accompanied by loyal animal friends standing by our side. In exchange for protection and cover they have given us warmth and sustenance. The sheep is one of these comrades who has not just given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are you saying with that Flower?</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/blog-what-are-you-saying-with-that-flower</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ingrid Murnane Spring is in the offing and will be here before you know it! After the catkins and the leaf buds comes the best bit: the flowers. But did you know that by giving and recieving flowers you may be making a statement that you weren&#8217;t aware of? A declaration of forbidden love, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Knitting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Helene Agerskov Madsen Knitting is probably the single most well-known craft technique today. Furthermore, knitting has received an immense renewal of interest over the last years with numerous knitting books being published and the establishment of knitting groups, societies and guilds. Nevertheless, it would probably be useful first to agree on what is meant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review (by Dee): Celtic, Viking and Anglo-Saxon Embroidery</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/review-by-dee-celtic-viking-and-anglo-saxon-embroidery</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crafty Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art &#38; Embroidery of Jan Messent: Celtic, Viking &#38; Anglo-Saxon Embroidery By Jan Messent ISBN: 9781844484096 Review by Dee Westwood On first sight this beautifully presented book is immediately compelling, as I began reading, and admiring the wonderfully composed photographic evidence and craftsmanship which is literally poured across the pages. At once Messent entices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing with Beetles</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/dyeing-with-beetles</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You learn something new every day, I guess. But I was not prepared for this. Did you know that you can dye naturally with beetles? I did not! I wonder if there are other animals / insects that you can dye naturally with. Do comment if you know of any. If you want to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK National Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing week</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/uk-national-weaving-spinning-and-dyeing-week</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 06:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guilds are this week (1st-7th May 2010) celebrating the National Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing week. We at Historic Crafts are using this as a good excuse to update the site with material on these three fibre crafts: Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing. As for event&#8217;s, this has been difficult to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How-to spin with a spindle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 18:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very briefly these are the main steps you need to take in order to spin yarn with a spindle: Attach a piece of yarn (a leader) around the spindle. Draft out some of your fiber to spin in with the leader. Get your spindle to spin around and then park it between your knees. Draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medieval Dyeing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Louise, our resident Medieval lady, has been dyeing for a couple of years now. She has been documenting the process on the Haandkraft blog. This post is meant as a diary of her dyeing efforts 2008-2010 and as a how-to inspirational post on dyeing with plants. 13th October 2008 This was to see how different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning a new craft &#8211; naalbinding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While waiting for spring to come, what better ways to pass the dark winter evenings than learning a new craft. My choice fell on a relatively unknown technique called nalbinding. This seemingly obscure decision was made earlier this winter when I agreed to take part in a medieval re-enactment trip later in the early spring [...]]]></description>
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