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I can’t really explain how to do it – there are lots of books out there which can help with that. I was lucky enough to be taught in real life, on an adult education course no less (rare as hen’s teeth) and I think it made a real impact on how I felt. I was learning the rules (there are a lot in tapestry weaving – but as I have discovered, most of them can be bent or broken. If you make something and it doesn’t fall apart instantly then you are winning). But I was also le

As part of my OCA course I undertook a virtual ‘drift’, led by maps. My first thought was to take one of the areas in Lancashire that I want to explore but don’t know well. I considered Bury and wondered if it would be interesting to “walk” the area in the shape of a letter; maybe even “B” for Bury. I had a desultory play around, but it just wasn’t grabbing me. I then decided that Google maps felt too constrained – their style of mapping, which we use every day, is about d