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		<title>Sock Experiments: Blue variegated #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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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>Felting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
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		<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>A recipe for knitted flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<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>Dyeing with Elderberries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dyeing]]></category>
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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>
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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>The Niddy-Noddy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inny</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>

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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>
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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>How to Make a CD Spindle</title>
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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>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>Decorated Easter Eggs</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/decorated-easter-eggs</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/decorated-easter-eggs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easter is closing in on us and around this time of year you can be sure to spot little cute bunnies, fluffy chickens and loads of chocolate eggs everywhere you turn. These you can of course make yourself, but if you want to go traditional all you need is some good old fashioned chicken eggs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter papercutting</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/easter-papercuts</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a quaint little craft fitting for this time of year you could do worse than turning to papercutting. Why this time of year you may ask? Well in Denmark there is a tradition of papercutting for this period up to Easter called &#8220;Gækkebreve&#8221;. You fold up a piece of paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dansk &#8211; Filtning</title>
		<link>http://historic-crafts.com/filtning-kom-godt-i-gang</link>
		<comments>http://historic-crafts.com/filtning-kom-godt-i-gang#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For at uld skal filte behøves der tre ting: varme, vand og bevægelse. Det er netop derfor at man ser sin yndlingstrøje komme ud af vaskemaskinen i en størrelse som ville passe en ni-årig samtidigt med at den er blevet tyk og hård. I denne situation fremstår filtningen ikke som noget man har trang til [...]]]></description>
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