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		<title>Theft at the Knitting and Stitching Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I heard a sad tale.  Earlier this month, one of the stand holders at the Dublin Knitting and Stitching Show had her handbag stolen at the end of the Show.  I understand the theft happened  as we were all scrambling to dismantle our stands and get things out to our vehicles.  Of course the theft [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1396&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/theft-at-the-knitting-and-stitching-show/</link>
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		<title>Farewell to my Glimakra Loom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first loom was a Spears rigid heddle loom which I purchased in a local toy shop in 1975.   We were being posted to Fiji and I wanted to learn to weave.  During our previous posting in St. Lucia in the Caribbean I had wanted to weave but couldn&#8217;t figure out how to go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1390&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/farewell-to-my-glimakra-loom/</link>
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		<title>Building a Musical Instrument</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a recent news item from William &#38; Mary College in Williamsburg Virginia.  A student took on the challenge of building a contrabass recorder.
  a family of recorders &#8211; the contrabass is to the right
  On the right, Evan Callaway and his Contrabass Recorder
  my bass recorder &#8211; seems rather large but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1380&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/building-a-musical-instrument/</link>
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		<title>The Millenium Trilogy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s Economist magazine there is a very good review of The Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.   I read the first book in the trilogy some time ago.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 

Then I was keen to read the 2nd book.  The Girl Who Played with Fire. 
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 I could hardly wait for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1374&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-millenium-trilogy/</link>
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		<title>THE HAT COLLECTION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  my collection of handknit hats
At Kilternan Market last Saturday a friend inquired whether I had any more hats in addition to the 5 I had on display at the Market.  I told her I had a few at home and we agreed that I would bring them in to the Knitting and Stitching Show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1371&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-hat-collection/</link>
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		<title>16 Year Old Weaver Arrested</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, reading about the Suffragettes , I found the following information:
In March 1907, a 16-year-old Huddersfield weaver named Dora Thewlis was arrested.  The sensational photograph of the arrest was later turned into a picture postcard &#8211; wouldn&#8217;t this be a nice one for my collection.      
And I like the cover picture from a 1974 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1360&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/16-year-old-weaver-arrested/</link>
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		<title>Getting Ready for the Knitting and Stitching Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a busy week as we get ready for the Knitting &#38; Stitching Show.  Setting up day is Wednesday October 28 and then the show is open to the public from Thursday the 29th to Sunday November 1st.  I&#8217;ll be on duty at one of the stands &#8211; up on the balcony at the stand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1356&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/getting-ready-for-the-ks/</link>
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		<title>Where Has All The Knitting Gone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog might be wondering if I am still knitting, what with all my rambling on other topics.  Don&#8217;t despair &#8211; I&#8217;m still knitting &#8211; knitting on trains, planes, cars &#8211; knitting while watching tv, knitting in between uploading photos (thanks to a slow computer), knitting while reading, etc.  I&#8217;ve had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1347&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/where-has-all-the-knitting-gone/</link>
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		<title>Getting ready for the gig</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Poster for Florence Joelle, found on the Shoreditch Sisters Women&#8217;s Institute blog.  I found this blog by reading Lesley&#8217;s blog about raising sheep and goats.  Only that particular blog entry was about the age profile of the Association of Guilds of Weavers Spinners and Dyers, compared with organisations which are more attractive to up-and-coming younger [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1340&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/getting-ready-for-the-gig/</link>
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		<title>The Provenance of a Violin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, having coming to the last episode of the Lewis detective dvd&#8217;s,
  Lewis, Series One, Two, and Three -   remember Inspector Morse?
 
 I searched and searched for another series to watch.  I finally came up with a film called The Red Violin.
  The Red Violin, directed by Francois Girard, with Samuel L. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=willisweaver1.wordpress.com&blog=817331&post=1333&subd=willisweaver1&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://willisweaver1.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-provenance-of-a-violin/</link>
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