Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to the blog of The Rogue Needle Woman – Real life practical craft in the service of fabulousness, in defiance of our artificial intelligence robot overlords. This is where I will post projects and thoughts that may interest and inspire.

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Rediscovering the love of weaving

When I started my textile journey in 2005 (OMG, that was only 20 years ago – it feels much longer) I was still in the throws of chronic fatigue and had just recovered from a severe ankle break. I was at a loss as to where my life would go and only knew that I […]

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A Cote for a Norman Merchant

This 11th century tunic with embroidery was made for James Hogg a local reenactor who works with The Historical Living Company. They are a multi era historical reenactment group that do a broad spectrum of things from historical encampments to storytelling, crafts and combat demonstrations.  James commissioned a piece that would represent a well-to-do merchant […]

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