We FOLK would rather be in Capri, Naples, or anywhere really
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| Distance stone spotted near Rye |
as, this August, we have been lurking around FOLK HQ waiting for the Arctic wind to blow away the storm clouds.
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| Camber Sands |
Even our annual trip to The Giffords Circus has been postponed to September.
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| The painter Heinrich Hoerle at the Cologne Rag Ball 1930 photo August Sander |
So my obsession with knitting has begun unseasonably early.
Annie Neil's lambs wool wrist warmers have arrived and are available online at the FOLK at home store
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| Photo by John Bentham |
and I am busy cultivating my obsession with bobble hats, which seems to be reaching a crescendo.
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| Not one of mine, wish it was, son no 1 found this gorgeous specimen online. Source unknown. |
So we have been busy working away collecting Autumn stock for our appearance at the Decorative Living Fair Chelsea Town Hall alongside our friends from Butlers Emporium Hastings and finalising the designers and makers who will be joining us in the Yeomans Hall at Great Dixter this November.
