DAY THIRTEEN (13th August)

Posted by Zoe Fletcher on Sunday, August 15, 2010






* After a hot night’s sleep, we drove to the nearby Folk museum which had some really interesting historical research on handicrafts, and topped with a breakfast of fruit picked up from a road stall we were definitely on our way for a good days exploring!

* Two more lace making places were on the cards and then Dr Nirmali and Dr Lakdas began their journey back to Columbo, leaving us in the capable hands of Mahesh our driver!

* Heading back to the fort we explored the grid of small winding roads, stopping for lunch at a great colonial inspired cafe.

*The afternoon was spent walking along a beach that looked like paradise, with crashing waves soaking us! I was the most cautious and paddled a lot whilst the others got crashed and thrown around by the huge waves – a nice drink at a nearby beach bar ended a lovely afternoon!



ABOUT ME


Zoe Grace Fletcher Currently undertaking a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University within the MIRIAD post-graduate department, I am beginning a practice based academic journey into British wool fibres and new technologies within knitwear design. Graduating with Distinction from a Masters in Fashion and the Environment at London College of Fashion, specialising in hand-knitting and the British Wool Industry, I have worked on a number of knitwear collections (personal and external companies), whilst freelancing and researching for a number of exciting projects. My work revolves around the idea of sustainable fashion from a knitted perspective and the different ways to achieve this incorporating the ideas of slow fashion into mainstream society. I love knitting. And wool. And double sided sticky tape.
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