HyperLight LED Poi - My son's LED Poi business. I made the first prototype 'socks' which hold the toys and distribute the light they emit.

Knitting & Crochet Guild - This is the site for the national Knitting & Crochet Guild. I am the regional coordinator for the Birmingham area. We regularly meet in the Edwardian Tea Rooms of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and I organise stands for the Knitting & Crochet Guild at exhibitions in the area

Association of Guilds of Weavers Spinners & Dyers - The national association to which local Weavers Spinners & Dyers Guilds are affiliated. They organise national exhibitions and produce a quarterly Journal

Midlands Textile Forum - Midlands Textile Forum is an exciting new group of artists, designers and makers who have come together to promote textiles, raise awareness and standards, widen participation, develop opportunities, education, heritage and research across the region

Ring of Tatters - An international organisation to support the craft of tatting. There is a local group which I support occasionally.

Crocheted Sock Poi - A pattern to crochet your own sock poi.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - The local big arts society - holds regular exhibitions in the centre of Brimingham

Silversoles - Silversoles is the design label of textile designer /maker Emma Jackson who specialises in felt making. She produces a range of contemporary felted textiles for the home and to wear. Each piece is unique, having been hand crafted using traditional wet rolling and Nuno felting techniques, to create distinctive textiles. Using a range of luxury natural fibres, including merino wool, silks and native breed wools

Natural dyeing - Natural Dyes by Teresinha Roberts - a local dyeplant grower and user Natural dyes produce an extraordinary diversity of rich and complex colours as well as unexpected results, making them very exciting to use. All those vibrant blue, green, red and yellow natural dyes combine well with each other. Most natural dyes come from dye plants and the best-known ones are madder, brazilwood, logwood, weld, woad and indigo, but some natural dyes, such as cochineal, come from insects and other animals.

Elva Brabham - Elva is a watercolour artist who I met on a Professional Development course at the RBSA

Phil Wilkinson - Phil Wilkinson is a Birmingham based printmaker who was on the RBSA professional development course with me in 2006-2007

Tatting patterns - Jane has a really interesting range of tatting patterns - and also does a blog on her latest ideas

Jane Eborall - Jane is an innovative tatter who has a range of new patterns and an interesting bloq which you might like to visit