Armstrong Textiles

Lesley Armstrong runs Armstrong Textiles, creating fashions & furnishings, and LaHave Weaving Studio, offering summer textile workshops in historic Lunenburg.

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@Number10cat @Cove17 It looks as though Larry is using his tail as a propeller!

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@DovecotStudios @AusTapestry @NtlMuseumsScot @britishtapestry I took a 10-day tapestry workshop from the marvelous Archie Brennan in Tatamagouche, NS in the early 1970's. Then 30 yrs. later I organized a workshop with Archie & partner Susan Martin-Maffei in the same place. Archie's humour, warmth, and skill made him a fabulous teacher.

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Do you know what these items are? Ask Ralph at our free public lecture today, Thursday June 6 at 4:30 p.m. "Life Aboard a Fishing Schooner" @lahaveweavingstudio @lunenburg #textiles #knitted #artifact

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Algorithmic Lace Weaves 16th Craft with 21st Technology https://t.co/ze8JGOYlJT via @designmilk

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Lotsa water this week. In days gone by would the water wheel keep turning with this amount of water? @wilecardingmill @bridgewater

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We won! Watch out for our new Fibre Trail Map this spring. Thank you Awesome South Shore!

[Awesome South Shore @Awesome_SSns]

The Lunenburg County Fiber Trail are the South Shore's newest thousandaires and second time lucky with a pitch for an awesome map to all their members.

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@RobynsArt @LustreGallery Looks fabulous, Robyn! What is the medium?

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The "sweet helmet" is definitely an enticement. #firefighters #community

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Watch live as Bianca Andreescu takes on Angelique Kerber in the BNP Paribas Open! 🎾 https://t.co/bIc9AYLTyg

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@brandingbybritt Great news, Brittany.

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And I thought it was so clever when I first wore a two-toed sock a few years back--it had already been done 17 centuries ago. #knitting #socks #duh

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This child’s striped sock was made in Egypt in the 3rd or 4th century AD. It has two toes so it can be worn with sandals! https://t.co/G7E8zFWBMq

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Perhaps a product idea for unused Nova Scotia fleece (from meat sheep).

[Manx Loaghtan @MLProduce]

Our Loaghtan twine. Really chuffed with this! This year we had all the waste wool spun into twine. Biodegradable but strong, will last a few years in the garden then just degrade, think it would look good for tying presents too. Just need to think how we package it & a label

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Shapes @RiverportNS #woodenboat

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Grrr.

[Dovecot @DovecotStudios]

Dovecot has created a display in memory of Willie Rodger.

Willie worked with Dovecot weavers on a number of projects over the years & is fondly remembered.

Witness the wonderful work on our Viewing Balcony, open Mon - Fri 12:00 – 15:00 & Saturdays 10:30 – 17:30.

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@Cove17 Now that is a piece of art. Kudos to artist Ineke Graham and to the Cheticamp high school mural committee that chose it. Sad to hear that it has been demolished.

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The golden colours of fall--in food, flowers, and sunlight.

[V&A @V_and_A]

The most sustainable material? When grown in its ideal geographical zone, the cultivation of flax, from which linen is made, produces no waste!
Learn how: https://t.co/QV4stoXfZj | Part of #FashionedfromNature

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The delicious red mud and waving green grasses of my youth. #lowtide #minasbasin #bayoffundy #highesttides

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Further to @cove17 thoughts on conch shells, gotta love this casual display in Lunenburg.

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@Cove17 Were we all looking that spiffy when we went out for an air walk (or walking the line).