Month: March 2020

The Small Woman – nineteenth century needlewomen

Post author By PLH
Post date March 8, 2020
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International Women’s Day, so here’s a quick post about the nineteenth century needlewoman and how she lived, and created her art, or was prevented from creating her art, plying the needle. More on this can be found in Chapter 4 of my new book, ‘Their Darkest Materials’, “The Small Woman – the Nineteenth Century Needlewoman” […]

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‘Their Darkest Materials’ is out now

Post author By PLH
Post date March 4, 2020
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'The Milk Boy', from George Walker's 'Costume of Yorkshire', 1814. Image courtesy Yorkshire Ancestors

So… ‘Their Darkest Materials’ is finally out. Thanks to all who have shown faith in it so far. Pre-orders sold briskly and we’d love anyone who has the pre-order to give us a quick review on Etsy. So far am getting really positive feedback and readers seem to be devouring it. We always knew we […]

Tags book, folklore, textile history, Their Darkest Materials