CONTENTS

INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire 10 HOW TO Make a patchwork placemat with Abigail Booth 13 PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR Selvedge picks this season’s perfect presents 96 SWATCH Favourite Fabric No 39: Welsh Flannel by Sarah Jane Downing, illustrated by Nina Fugi

GLOBAL textiles from around the world 20 NORTHERN LIGHTS Astrid Krogh’s luminescent textile design by Bradley Quinn 64 HISTORJA Britta Marakatt-Labba’s epic embroidery Photography by Ola Petter Røe with thanks to Beatrijs Sterk, Sofia Brenner and Elisabeth Brenner Remberg

ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives 24 COLOUR THEORY We speak to Tricia Guild about her brand new book, Paint Box 26 WINDOW-SHOPPING Rachel Worth visits the John Lewis archives 28 GOLD STANDARD Toye, Kenning & Spencer, Britain’s oldest family business by Katy Bevan 42 A NARROW EXISTENCE The silk ribbon weavers of Warwickshire by Sarah Jane Downing

ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends 16 FAKING IT The protest and politics of fashion’s faux fur by Dani Trew 51 WILD GOOSE CHASE Adventure wear from Canada Goose by Dr Marie O’Mahony, photography by Jeff Luker 58 FUR The Final Frontier by Jonathan Faiers, photography by John Cowan

INDUSTRY from craft to commerce 32 PINS AND NEEDLES La Manufacture Bohin by Anne Laure Camilleri, photography by Patrick Forget 38 PIN UP The art of pinscreen animation by Susan Doll 46 COUNTING SHEEP Solidwool’s Hannah Floyd spends a day with Herdwick shepherd James Rebanks, photography by Jim Marsden 55 SLEEP TIGHT The engineering behind a good night’s sleep by Kate Myerscough

COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed 74 EMBROIDERING THE TRUTH At Home with Karen Nicol by Clare Lewis, photography by Dylan Thomas

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