Tour de Yorkshire 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017 The Tour de Yorkshire is a three day cycling stage race and staged in Yorkshire over 28-30 April 2017. Although this is not really a textile story - as the Day 2 stage included my home…
Tour de Yorkshire 2017 The Tour de Yorkshire is a three day cycling stage race and staged in Yorkshire over 28-30 April 2017. Although this is not really a textile story - as the Day 2 stage included my home…
USA Success! I recently returned from a very successful 8 days in the USA. One of my clients WoolSafe, have a great new program we have introduced to 11 Wool Carpet and Rug companies. It was great to visit and…
For a second year in a row I have been a judge for the international Wool carpet competition, held Stamford Bridge, Chelsea. The other judges were Editors of leading consumer magazines – Country Life, Country Homes and Interiors, Homes and…
Textile Terms and Definitions - from the Textile Institute I have been an active member of the Textile Institute for 30 years, and I have enjoyed being a member of the textile industries leading trade organisation. Therefore I was very…
Chromatone a great product Development Tool I have worked on a few projects in the last few weeks where I have needed colour references, selecting potential ranges and new developments. I have always found the well established Chromatone colour reference…
Malcolm Sims becomes a Registered WoolSafe® Approved Inspector Over my career in carpets I have been involved in over 50 carpet inspections in the UK, New Zealand and the USA. These were a mix of consumer/residential inspections and large contract…
The Harrogate Carpet Show 2015 - by Malcolm Sims The following report that was a feature in the IWTO Newsletter this month Wool Creates Impact at Harrogate Carpet Show Malcolm Sims CTexT FTI, international textile consultant, reports: Wool made its presence known at…
April in the Yorkshire Dales. After heavy snow at the end of March that led to drifting of over 8 feet on the Moors, these sheep will be pleased with the the thaw in early April. The dark Wool…
Malcolm Sims is now registered on the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Directory www.masdirectory.org For further information please contact Malcolm Sims and Associates - International Textile Consultants. Specialists in the innovation and product development.
Living in the US for the last 5 years this was the first Harrogate show I have attended for some time, so this was interesting to see the changes. In terms of style direction there are some dramatic difference between…