After 3 years volunteering as founder/coordinator of North West England Fibreshed and working solo to build awareness of Fibershed principles amongst textile professionals in the region and beyond, I’m happy […]
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The Flax Map
Are you part of the linen revival in the U.K.? Are you wondering how we can create midscale processing equipment without costing the earth? Do you believe collaboration rather than […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun: Field to Fabric
A lot has happened since August 13th when a group of around 30 volunteers came to Higher Audley St in Blackburn to help pull and lay out our flax. It […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun: Harvesting Humility
The term “humility” comes from the Latin word humilitas, a noun related to the adjective humilis, which may be translated as “humble”, but also as “grounded”, or “from the earth”, since […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun Textile Crafts: the bridge between farming and fashion
This article is a celebration of natural materials, the environment that produced them and the people who’s skills transformed them into a beautiful banner, on site at the Homegrown Homespun […]
Read MoreHomegrown Homespun – Sowing Regenerative Fashion
Growing Jeans On Friday 23rd April 2021, the Homegrown Homespun project planted it’s first textile crop of flax and woad on disused land beside the historic Leeds to Liverpool canal, […]
Read MoreNorth West England Fibreshed announces project in collaboration with Patrick Grant and the British Textile Biennial
I’m thrilled to announce North West England Fibreshed’s collaboration with fashion designer Patrick Grant and the British Textile Biennial. Our idea seems simple: grow flax for linen and woad for […]
Read MoreIntroducing The Sewing Café Lancaster
Sewing Café Lancaster promotes wellbeing and advocates for sustainability. We believe in connecting with people across the community, to share skills, to reuse, repair and reduce. In addition to offering […]
Read MoreIntroducing hand weaver Ali Sharman
Weaving, computing and a bit of an awakening People often ask me why I started to weave and it’s a question that I struggle to answer. To be honest, I don’t […]
Read MoreWelcome to the N.W. England Fibreshed
After an initial enquiry in March 2018, the North West England Fibreshed became an affiliate of Fibershed.org in May 2020. Now, 6 months later, I’m reflecting on these first preparatory […]
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