Donated by Charles Lewis. Elizabeth Faulkner made straw hats and dyed gloves to match your costume, whereas her husband William was a carpenter who specialised in organs. The position of the shop was later occupied by one of the two Building Societies.Small faded Sepia photo of Faulkner's straw hat and dyers shop in Bay Street on east side between Bridge and Liardet. With Elizabeth and William Faulkner in front, picket fence and pepper trees to south east.built environment - commercial, faulkner, dyer's hat shop

This sample is one of five donated by Mrs Walker who dyed her own yarns to knit into hats which she felted herself (in a washing machine) to sell at craft shops. She ran workshops and also taught home dyeing. She used a Landscape and Earth Palette and also used food colouring, jelly and cake decorating colours.Small hank of home dyed woollen yarn. In shades of yellow, orange, green and brown.handicrafts, robin walker, hand dyed, wool, yarn, felting, craft, colour

This sample is one of five donated by Mrs Walker who dyed her own yarns to knit into hats which she felted herself (in a washing machine) to sell at craft shops. She ran workshops and also taught home dyeing. She used a Landscape and Earth Palette and also used food colouring, jelly and cake decorating colours.Small hank of home dyed woollen yarn. In dark shades of pink, mauve, blue and green.handicrafts, robin walker, craft, wool, hand dyed, yarn, felting

This sample is one of five donated by Mrs Walker who dyed her own yarns to knit into hats which she felted herself (in a washing machine) to sell at craft shops. She ran workshops and also taught home dyeing. She used a Landscape and Earth Palette and also used food colouring, jelly and cake decorating colours.Small hank of home dyed woollen yarn. In light shades of pink, mauve, yellow, blue and green.handicrafts, walker, mrs robin, dying, hand dyed, wool, craft, felting

This sample is one of five donated by Mrs Walker who dyed her own yarns to knit into hats which she felted herself (in a washing machine) to sell at craft shops. She ran workshops and also taught home dyeing. She used a Landscape and Earth Palette and also used food colouring, jelly and cake decorating colours.Small hank of home dyed thick woollen yarn. In light shades of pink, mauve, blue and green.handicrafts, robin walker, craft, felting, hand dyed, wool, yarn

This sample is one of five donated by Mrs Walker who dyed her own yarns to knit into hats which she felted herself (in a washing machine) to sell at craft shops. She ran workshops and also taught home dyeing. She used a Landscape and Earth Palette and also used food colouring, jelly and cake decorating colours.Small hank of home dyed woollen yarn. In light shades of pink, mauve, blue and green.handicrafts, robin walker, textiles, felting, wool, yarn, home dyed, craft