This week the Shetland Wool Week committee met to discuss this year's celebration.

A few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to see a performance of Ainu music, complete with resplendent costumes.

Each week this year the blog will feature an item from the collection in the studio. This week, a waistcoat and jacket which belonged to T. E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia.

The second (and final) year of tweed research has just kicked off.

Another new exhibition has begun, this time in London's Two Temple Place. This one is about Visionary Women Collecting Textiles.

An exhibition at Edinburgh's Dovecot Studios shows the work of May Morris, the youngest daughter of designer William Morris and an artist who contributed significantly to the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Costume and dress has long been intriguing, possibly never more so than at the turn of the last century when art became all-encompassing.

One of the best things about exploring new places is the chance to see something new and unexpected. Even better when we are the only people there!

MAXXI, the national museum of contemporary art in Rome, taught us about Maria Lai, a Sardinian artist who worked often with threads and cloth.

In December I met Zandra Rhodes...