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SOCKS Imaginative Mending

SOCKS celebrates the everyday act of mending socks through darning.
Celia Pym is a prominent artist and teacher, exhibiting and teaching internationally and her London workshops sell out within minutes. Her previous book is On Mending: Stories of damage and repair.

Please join us for the launch of SOCKS, Imaginative Mending by Celia Pym at Tender Books, Cecil Court WC2, Tuesday 9 December from 6-8pm. 

If you can't make the event, buy the book here

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Darning Kit

Repairing things keeps them out of landfill and in use, which is fabulous for sustainability. Here's the kit you need to get your mending off to a good start, or to gift with a book.

The Updates

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  • Kate Fletcher on BBC Radio 4

    Kate Fletcher on BBC Radio 4

    Author Kate Fletcher, Professor of Sustainability, Design and Fashion Systems in the Manchester School of Art was the expert on the BBC's Rare Earth

    Kate Fletcher on BBC Radio 4

    Author Kate Fletcher, Professor of Sustainability, Design and Fashion Systems in the Manchester School of Art was the expert on the BBC's Rare Earth

  • Johnny's Socks, Celia Pym. Photo Michele Panzeri

    It's all about the socks...

    We have not one, but two, new books about darning socks. That's where the similarity ends. For authors Hikaru Noguchi and Celia Pym, these are their second Quickthorn books.  Hikaru...

    It's all about the socks...

    We have not one, but two, new books about darning socks. That's where the similarity ends. For authors Hikaru Noguchi and Celia Pym, these are their second Quickthorn books.  Hikaru...

  • The Red Dress at Stroud Book Festival

    The Red Dress at Stroud Book Festival

    The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch is the much-anticipated book documenting and celebrating The Red Dress global collaborative embroidery project and it's coming to Stroud for the Stroud Book Festival...

    The Red Dress at Stroud Book Festival

    The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch is the much-anticipated book documenting and celebrating The Red Dress global collaborative embroidery project and it's coming to Stroud for the Stroud Book Festival...

  • A Publishing Revolution

    A Publishing Revolution

    In the bustling world of modern publishing, where plastic-coated covers and mass production dominate, Katy Bevan is quietly revolutionising how we think about craft books. Her publishing house, Quickthorn Books, founded...

    A Publishing Revolution

    In the bustling world of modern publishing, where plastic-coated covers and mass production dominate, Katy Bevan is quietly revolutionising how we think about craft books. Her publishing house, Quickthorn Books, founded...

  • Text + Textiles

    Text + Textiles

    Text and Textiles is a unique event on 26 September celebrating the powerful relationship between the written word and the world of cloth. I’ll be talking about the publishing process...

    Text + Textiles

    Text and Textiles is a unique event on 26 September celebrating the powerful relationship between the written word and the world of cloth. I’ll be talking about the publishing process...

  • Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption

    Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption

    This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...

    Rachael Matthews, rethinking consumption

    This reinvention of the yarn creation process has culminated in Rachael's latest book, Rag Manifesto, which takes consumer waste and re-spins it into another story...

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The Authors

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  • celia pym quickthorn publishing author

    Celia Pym

    The artist Celia Pym has been exploring damage and repair in textiles since 2007.

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  • Kirstie Macleod

    Kirstie Macleod is an artist exploring issues of identity and the originator of The Red Dress.

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  • kate fletcher quickthorn publishing author

    Kate Fletcher

    Kate Fletcher is a thought leader in Design and Sustainability specialising in fashion and textiles

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Let customers speak for us

from 36 reviews
Brilliant sock mending project

Celia Pym’s sock project and her exhibition were exceptional. The talk was great. Love the book

Anonymous
SOCKS imaginative mending
Alan Evans and artist blacksmithing

It’s a lovely book with many perspectives into the flowering of artist blacksmithing over the last 50 years, highlighting the role of the remarkable Alan Evans.
I enjoyed the very fast and transparent Royal mailing process— it beat the time of much within-US mail!

Edward A Arens
Earth, Fire, Iron: Alan Evans and the New Iron Age
V good prompt

V good prompt service

valerie rule
Finding Quiet Strength
Well presented book

Well presented book, bought it to post to a friend overseas as you don’t seem to deliver outwith the uk

Ms S Johnson
Earth, Fire, Iron: Alan Evans and the New Iron Age
i find this book a jewel! i am in love with it

i find this book a jewel! i am in love with it, with the content and it is so well explained! just magnificent! Thanks a lot

Alejandra Jean-Mairet
Beyond Darning
Great book beautifully

Great book beautifully illustrated

valerie rule
Beyond Darning
excellent & inspirational

excellent & inspirational book

valerie rule
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
Loved the heritage wooden darning mushroom! Now I need to go an do some Darning

Loved the heritage wooden darning mushroom! Now I need to go an do some Darning, not just admire the wood!

Teresa
Vintage darning mushrooms
The importance of making and doing all perfectly wrapped up!

This book really does seem to encapsulate everything important about people, making and education. I absolutely love its easy-to-read format and it is chock full of gorgeous projects and photographs. Intelligent Hands has been super-informative and has inspired me to get on and use my own! I highly recommend this beautiful book.

A L Richmond
Intelligent Hands
Great book on the most important textile project of our times

This is an excellent book on the most important textile project of our times. The texts are engaging and interesting, and the pictures are lovely. The overall layout is gorgeous. A real treasure on my bookshelves!

Jessica
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
Super Stitching

Lovely book, beautifully made

Polly
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch

Love this book wanted in hardcover and will continue to check. Its a keepsake! Amazing story about this dress and the women who helped create it!

Chandra
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
Wonderful pictures

Wonderful pictures. Great content.

Anonymous
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
Awe and wonder

An incredible accounting of a heartfelt and deeply impactful endeavor. I was captivated by the brilliance and evolution of the project, as well as the bridges being built by making space for women to come together and tell their stories. The journey is wonderful to witness and the power of what Kirstie and all who joined her have created will stay with me forever.

Krista Robinson-Lyles
The Red Dress: Conversations In Stitch
Lovely book on fiber art!

I really enjoyed reading the book!

michele
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