Alison Larkin Embroidery

25/06/2026

Getting to the finishing stages of my project for the Hand & Lock Diploma Jewellery module! It’s fascinating how much of a difference stitching over the edging wires makes: compare the leaf on the right with the one on the left in the first image.

09/06/2026

Interesting article on the power and the revival of crafts.

It’s worth revisiting the philosophy behind the Arts and Crafts movement.

21/05/2026

OMG! Just had a delivery from Evri - it actually arrived on time, during the window the email suggested. 😳😳😳

20/05/2026

Working on the raised elements for my final project for the Diploma Jewellery and Wearable Art module. Might actually get it done soon, because I have an event coming up I’d like to wear it at - if it all works!

07/04/2026

Thank you for visiting us at the museum, it was a marvellous day with you in situ looking very at home in the Blue Room. working on your design.

27/03/2026

I've been spending time at Tabley House, near Knutsford, in Cheshire lately to examine some of the gorgeous Georgian waistcoats in their costume collection. So far I have looks at about a dozen, and they are all fascinating and all very different. They mostly belonged to Sir John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, who was quite a fashionable chap!

11/03/2026

Come and visit Alison Larkin, embroiderer in the museum to see her intricate embroidery and see her at work from 10.00am - 12.30pm; free with museum entry.
Learn from the expert and join her class in the afternoon to create a delicate plant from the Joseph Banks Florilegium, £15 from 1pm - 4pm. Numbers are limited so book early.
Bookings on our website or using the QR code shown.
www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk

11/03/2026

Come and see me at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby on March 31st! I'll be stitching a design based on Joseph Banks' Florilegium. You could even join me for an embroidery workshop in the afternoon, and learn something of this popular and relaxing hobby.

Hope to see you there!