July Early July is usually when the International Medieval Congress is held in Leeds. I have gien a paper every year for a number of...

Day 21 -  appropriately green ahead of our annual viewing of The Thing (it is, after all, the first day of winter in this hemisphere,...

Twixmas/winter project underway -- a twill sampler on my little warp weighted loom. This is a prototype 'studio' loom that was made by...

Day 11 -  A sunshiny blend on a grey day, merino, sari silk, and Punta Arenas (which is a wool from Chile). I always like spinning with...

World of Wool Advent Calendar arrived in November -- this is my third year with one of these boxes. This year in addition to the daily...

My classroom for the weekend or 6-7 July was the Earthlodge at the Ancient Technology Centre, in Dorset --I was one quarter of the...

For the past two springs, I've spent time on the Campus Galli. The Campus Galli is an experimental archaeology project near Messkirch,...

What's in a Carolingian (9th century) sewing box, and in my work basket during my two weeks at Campus Galli, in southern Germany? My...

A month in Rome to work and study at the British School at Rome - excellent tonic. I am at work on a book for Liverpool University Press,...

May kicked off with further prep for planting in the allotment -- got my flax in in time despite being a bit late -- with a bonfire. Good...

That dreamy nothing week between Christmas and New Years is the best -- downtime from the real world, a chance to catch up on projects,...