DUNBLANE COLLECTIVE UPCOMING EVENTS
Affordable Art Fair @ Westlands Hotel Sat 18th Nov 10am-4pm
Festive Open Studios Dunblane Collective Artists/Makers will open their studios throughout Nov & Dec for dates visit
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BUY LOCAL, BUY UNIQUE
Oh no…it’s socks!
I have never understood why socks get such a bad press as Christmas gifts. I am a sock-lover. ‘So many sock designs, so little time,’ could be my motto. I love to receive them and I love to give them. The trick with socks is fi nding the perfect pair for the recipient.
Think luxurious – Most people buy their own socks as a utility item. So surprise them with a pair of fi ne- knitted Scottish lisle cotton socks, or a silk mix, or a pair of super-soft cashmere bed socks.
Think bright – Find the funkiest designs you can which refl ect the interests of the recipient. Are they a dog or cat-lover? Do they love gardening, or cooking, or a particular TV series? There are sock designs out there for everyone! Someone gave me a set of fi ne-art socks last year which included Van Gogh’s Sunfl owers and Munch’s The Scream! I loved them.
Think high-tech – Know someone with permanently cold feet? Heattech is an innovative Japanese fabric which allows socks to be comfortably thin while trapping body heat in air pockets situated deep in the fi bres.
Think slipper-socks! – Lots of people don’t like slippers so a pair of snugly slipper-socks with grippy soles might be the perfect gift.
So think socks this Christmas. They are most defi nitely not boring! Please mention thewire when responding to adverts 15
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