Zürcher Stadler, Lyssach

Jan 8, 2020Dec 24, 2019 toomanystitches1 Comment

I’ve ventured far out of my way to visit craft shops before, some of which were rather off the beaten track, but I’m not sure any have proved quite as impossible to get to Zürcher Stadler. This isn’t so much because it is in the middle of nowhere, or because the sat-nav can’t find it, but because the road network leading to the place has a strategically placed no entry sign that seems to make it impossible to enter the estate where the shop is. I won’t say how we overcame that particular obstacle but plan your visit and route in advanced.

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Hello 2020!

Jan 1, 2020Dec 25, 2019 toomanystitches5 Comments

Happy 2020 everyone, may the new year bring you lots of great ideas, fabulous materials and the time to put them all together! As is traditional for this time of the year, let’s have a look back over some of the last year and set out some overly ambitious goals for the year.

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On Change

Dec 25, 2019Dec 22, 2019 toomanystitches3 Comments

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Phew. Sorry for the extended absence. Normally when I know I’m going to hit a busy period I try and get organised and make sure I have a few things prepared in advance but with everything that has been going on I’m afraid my organisational skills haven’t been extending more than five minutes into the future.

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Spycher Handwerk, Huttwill, Switzerland

Nov 13, 2019Nov 11, 2019 toomanystitches4 Comments

It’s very easy to feel that you’re in the middle of nowhere in Switzerland. Even Geneva, which is the second most populated city in Switzerland, has a population of less than two hundred thousand. The five biggest cities represent 40 % of the total population, making it relatively easy to ‘escape to the countryside’ where there are some excellent hidden gems of craft shops.

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Swiss Tour IV – Käse, Museums and Wollelade

Nov 6, 2019Nov 3, 2019 toomanystitches1 Comment

As well as the wonderful local architecture and the delightful Museum Appenzell, there is another historical textile treat outside of the main village, the Appenzeller Volkskunde-Museum, which also affords you the opportunity to enjoy the local, rolling hills and scenery. This is the folk museum dedicated to the local working culture and heritage.

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Swiss Tour III – Appenzell Village and the Museum Appenzell

Oct 23, 2019Oct 20, 2019 toomanystitches3 Comments

On the north east side of Switzerland is the canton of Appenzell (well, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden if you want to be exact). Confusingly enough, the capital of Appenzell Innerrhoden is a village also called Appenzell, which is the largest village in the canton with a population of a whopping 6000 people.

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Swiss Tour II – Brunnen and Créasphère

Oct 16, 2019Oct 12, 2019 toomanystitches1 Comment

After a fascinating visit to the open-air museum in Ballenberg, the next stop on the tour was to see another geographical feature Switzerland is famous for, lakes. Apparently, Switzerland has a total of 103 lakes of varying sizes, impressive given the total area of the country only amounts to 41 285 km² (15 940 sq mi) with a lot of mountains to squeeze in that area too.

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Swiss Tour I – Ballenberg

Oct 2, 2019Oct 1, 2019 toomanystitches6 Comments

I’ve blogged before about how a country’s textile history often shaped its social and cultural history, as well as infrastructure and landscape, and Switzerland is no exception to that. While perhaps most famous for the St. Gallen embroideries and lace (and you can see some fantastic examples of that at the local textile museum), Switzerland also has a rich history of silk and cotton production and even passementerie, particularly in the Basel region.

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Revisiting Dongdaemun Market

Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019 toomanystitches

My visit to Dongdaemun Fabric Market in Seoul last year left me with the impression that this was one of the best fabric markets in the world. Having the chance to revisit it this year, I’m pleased to report that it is just as fabulous as ever with plenty to see and do.

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Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs, Lyon

Aug 7, 2019Aug 4, 2019 toomanystitches6 Comments

Hopefully last week’s post about the various weaving workshops and artisans around Lyon set the scene of some of the wonderful textile past and present to be found here. If that wasn’t enough to tempt you, this week I present Lyon’s fabulous Musée des Tissus, the ‘Museum of Textiles’.

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