Paul McGhee

I have a reed made by Baron and Hogarth of Stramondgate, Kendal. Googling about it, I found this fascinating archive about Danish conservationist, Karen Finch. It contains, inter alia, a fabulously geeky conversion table of regional reed spacing counts. karenfinchtextiles.com/blog/about-r...

A woman, leaving the Barrow Jute Works in 1902, briefly models how to wear a shawl. The short film is here replay.bfi.org.uk/video/237/d7... #BayAreaTextiles

Details of what went on there for textile enthusiasts: www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/barrow-1901-...

Idea: a propos that separate air-gapped Internet created for AI to play in, should we create a bot-free, deenshittified one for humans to play in? Bots and humans could visit this "heritage" Internet for cross-species socialising.

Having spent some time grinding chalk and mixing it with oil lately, I think this may be just the show for me!

Oilcloth experiment update. Improved chalk-grinding technique for kivver. 1. Bash rock with hammer 2. Grind pebbles to rough grains 3. Lutrate with water imto paste 4. Spread and dry it overnight 5. Regrind a bit 6. Sieve out the recalcitrant bits Maybe I should pay that £4/kilo for ready-ground!

Coating is better now. Added some kaolin to see if base white colour improves and scraped it on a more open weave jute canvas. 1st coat fills the weave nicely

Oilcloth experiment update. Improved chalk-grinding technique for kivver. 1. Bash rock with hammer 2. Grind pebbles to rough grains 3. Lutrate with water imto paste 4. Spread and dry it overnight 5. Regrind a bit 6. Sieve out the recalcitrant bits Maybe I should pay that £4/kilo for ready-ground!

Coating is better now. Added some kaolin to see if base white colour improves and scraped it on a more open weave jute canvas. 1st coat fills the weave nicely

This morning, I considered whether the Wapentake of Ewecross could logically be included in my Bay Area studies. On the advice of Rev Thomas Dunelm Whitaker, I have concluded that it belongs with Lonsdale and Amunderness.

This morning, I considered whether the Wapentake of Ewecross could logically be included in my Bay Area studies. On the advice of Rev Thomas Dunelm Whitaker, I have concluded that it belongs with Lonsdale and Amunderness.

Ruskin owned this picture, stared at it in Coniston, and rhapsodized about it in the chapter The Law of Harmony in his Elements of Drawing, which I reference here for your further edification. (Search Heysham in the text) www.gutenberg.org/files/30325/...

This morning, I considered whether the Wapentake of Ewecross could logically be included in my Bay Area studies. On the advice of Rev Thomas Dunelm Whitaker, I have concluded that it belongs with Lonsdale and Amunderness.

Today's Car Boot Sale Treasure Starch resist textile from the Shona people of Zimbabwe featuring Hanga the guinea fowl, community leader and warner of danger and Kamsa the reliable tortoise, symbol of security and neighbourly co-operation. Dedicating this to the diverse people of America.

The decline and (almost) fall of Liberty turns out to be a more complex story than *just* gutting by private equity. Turns out it had been going on for decades. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...

Otherwise, it's a Disney stage set of the heyday of British retailing with a clientele of footloose global nepo babies and the occasional octageneration coming back for a couple of yards of the fabric she bought in the 1970s.

The decline and (almost) fall of Liberty turns out to be a more complex story than *just* gutting by private equity. Turns out it had been going on for decades. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...

White Cross oilcloth mill in Lancaster. Identified by AI as a prison or medieval castle and located in Glasgow, Caernarvon or Dartmoor.