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    The heart of Wales

    Mar 05, 2020 3 minutes

    ONE THING I noticed when I moved to Wales in 1972 was that there were definitely far more sheep than people! Little did I realize back then how instrumental this would be to my career as a knitwear designer. The skill of weaving and knitting woollen fabrics dates back to prehistoric times, and through the centuries it has been one of Wales’s most important industries.

    Mid Wales has a particularly important place in textile history. Llanidloes, my local town, and Newtown ten miles away, had both developed as centres for Welsh flannel

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