About me
Let me introduce myself: my name is Glenda Jones. In my family it was taken for granted that the women would practise all kinds of needlework - knitting, crocheting, dressmaking, and so on. As a result, I've had a lifelong interest in textiles - combined with the “kack-handedness” of a left hander.
After gaining an Oxford degree in English Language and Literature, I pursued a career in education. When retirement came, I took the opportunity to further my love of needlework, embroidery, feltmaking, and so on, working for (and achieving!) City & Guilds in Creative Embroidery; and then an MA in Textile Culture.
Following a serious accident, I can't do "hands-on" textile work any more; but I'm delighted to delve into this corner of textile history, and to celebrate all our forebears who worked with their needles.
Let me introduce myself: my name is Glenda Jones. In my family it was taken for granted that the women would practise all kinds of needlework - knitting, crocheting, dressmaking, and so on. As a result, I've had a lifelong interest in textiles - combined with the “kack-handedness” of a left hander.
After gaining an Oxford degree in English Language and Literature, I pursued a career in education. When retirement came, I took the opportunity to further my love of needlework, embroidery, feltmaking, and so on, working for (and achieving!) City & Guilds in Creative Embroidery; and then an MA in Textile Culture.
Following a serious accident, I can't do "hands-on" textile work any more; but I'm delighted to delve into this corner of textile history, and to celebrate all our forebears who worked with their needles.