Selvedge Stories

A Very Fine Yarn
A Very Fine Yarn is a small batch online yarn shop started by self-described 'passionate yarnie' Danielle Reader. Frustrated by the limited colours available to her at the time, Danielle...
A Very Fine Yarn
A Very Fine Yarn is a small batch online yarn shop started by self-described 'passionate yarnie' Danielle Reader. Frustrated by the limited colours available to her at the time, Danielle...

Collecting Textiles Talk
Image courtesy of Sophie Roet. At our next virtual talk, on 13 January, we will be joined by Sophie Roet, Esther Fitzgerald and Bess Nielsen of Khadi & Co to...
Collecting Textiles Talk
Image courtesy of Sophie Roet. At our next virtual talk, on 13 January, we will be joined by Sophie Roet, Esther Fitzgerald and Bess Nielsen of Khadi & Co to...

Draping Trilogy Workshop
All images courtesy of Christine Mayer. Christine Mayer is holding a three-part draping workshop over Zoom dedicated to Upcycling, free draping and Japanese draping. The Berlin-based fashion designer has built...
Draping Trilogy Workshop
All images courtesy of Christine Mayer. Christine Mayer is holding a three-part draping workshop over Zoom dedicated to Upcycling, free draping and Japanese draping. The Berlin-based fashion designer has built...

Dorothy Gill Barnes (1927 - 2020)
Image: Dorothy Gill Barnes in her studio. Photo by Tom Grotta, courtesy browngrotta arts. Innovative contemporary basketmaker and fibre sculptor Dorothy Gill Barnes, age 93, passed away peacefully on 23 November...
Dorothy Gill Barnes (1927 - 2020)
Image: Dorothy Gill Barnes in her studio. Photo by Tom Grotta, courtesy browngrotta arts. Innovative contemporary basketmaker and fibre sculptor Dorothy Gill Barnes, age 93, passed away peacefully on 23 November...

Textiles in Lockdown
Image: Lara Hailey, Sewn Antidote. Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, as a museum of textiles, felt that it was important to capture and record the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on individuals...
Textiles in Lockdown
Image: Lara Hailey, Sewn Antidote. Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, as a museum of textiles, felt that it was important to capture and record the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on individuals...

The Together Issue
Photographer: Jimmy Nelson. Our Together Issue (Issue 98) is out today, celebrating the communal aspects of textile practice. Selvedge's editor Polly Leonard says, "If you have ever taken out your...
The Together Issue
Photographer: Jimmy Nelson. Our Together Issue (Issue 98) is out today, celebrating the communal aspects of textile practice. Selvedge's editor Polly Leonard says, "If you have ever taken out your...