Craft Alley Designs

Ruth Goodman explains the importance of spinning in Tudor Britain – and how a historical term for the workers has made its way into our lexicon. Ruth is the presenter of our HistoryExtra Academy series Tudor Life. The whole series is out now on the HistoryExtra app.

You may just spot someone you know here :) It was such a fabulous weekend!

Medieval and Rare Trades Festival 2025 Video Castleforge Photography

When you finally hand in your last uni assignment for the semester, and get down to the important things..... super soft Pear Tree Merino destined to become a pair of toasty warm fingerless mitts.

Have a look at this great video put together by a fellow stallholders on the weekend. You might spot me in there on the wheel!

Medieval and Rare Trades Festival - Gumeracha 2023 We had a blast at the Medieval and Rare Trades Festival in Gumeracha. We drank, we laughed, we sold hot sauces. We caught up with our friends back in the mot...

Over the weekend I combined both my love for spinning and Weaving with my Tea stall and had a ball at the Medieval and Rare Trades Festival in Gumeracha.

While telling everyone how good Weaving is, the attendees and stallholders who visited all had a go at a few passes of the shuttle on my trusty Ashford Rigid Heddle loom.

We gifted the community-made scarf to Jason, who worked super hard with the committee to get the event up and running.

It was a fabulous experience and I look forward to spinning and weaving demonstrations again at future festivals!

I've decided to join the Ravelry Tour de Fleece this year, with team Kathy's Fibres. I'm thoroughly enjoying revisiting my spinning. Feels like it's been too long!
What about you, what are you all crafting?

[Picture of a bobbin on my Ashford Traditional wheel, spinning Kathy's Fibres merino in the Festival colorway.]

Dear lovely followers,

As you may have gathered, my little craft business is no more. However, I'm going to keep this page open as a place to share what I've been making and doing. So you might still see some photos.

If you are keen to find out what I'm doing now, head over to Wyverstone Tea
and join in the fun there.

Please share your crafty projects and hit me up if you have questions.

These a fitted small/mediums. Designed to be used with a Snappi. (Or pins if you are really old school). They are constructed of 2 layers of double sided cotton Terry with a sewn-in 3 layer bamboo fleece booster. Fully reversible, tested on newborns up to around 3-4 months depending on bubs size. Easy to adjust for perfect fit. $20 each.