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  <title><![CDATA[Silver Raindrop]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Silver Raindrop is a boutique in Abergavenny carrying carefully edited womenswear, accessories and homeware. Twelve pieces per season, every one with a provenance note.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to get the most from a beeswax pillar candle]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Beeswax pillar candles are denser than paraffin or soy candles, which means they burn more slowly and at a higher temperature. They also behave differently in the first few burns, and getting those right makes a significant difference to how the candle performs over its full life.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 21:46:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to care for a boiled wool coat at home]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Boiled wool is a felted fabric, which means the fibres have been matted together under heat and pressure before the cloth is cut. That process makes it dense, wind-resistant and very warm, but it also means it responds to water and heat differently from a woven or knitted wool. Getting the care wrong once can change the coat permanently.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ash glaze ceramics: what the process involves]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ash glaze is made from wood ash, water and sometimes a small amount of feldspar or clay. It is one of the oldest glaze types in ceramic history, and it is still used by a small number of studio potters because the results are genuinely unpredictable in ways that other glazes are not.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:52:09 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What vegetable-tanned leather actually does over time]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most leather goods sold today are chrome-tanned, a process that takes a few days and produces a consistent, uniform finish. Vegetable tanning takes weeks and uses plant-based tannins. The resulting leather is stiffer when new, but it responds to use in a way that chrome-tanned leather simply does not.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why undyed linen is worth the initial awkwardness]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Undyed linen is not the most immediately appealing thing on a rail. It is pale, it creases easily, and it has a slight stiffness when new that can feel unfinished. Most of that changes within the first three or four washes, and the fabric that emerges is different in character from anything that started out dyed.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:19:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Washing merino wool at home without ruining it]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Merino wool has a reputation for being delicate, and some of that reputation is deserved. But the main risks are specific and avoidable. Most merino knitwear can be washed at home without any specialist equipment, as long as the two things that cause felting are avoided: heat and agitation.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:19:39 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What slow fashion actually means for a small boutique]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Slow fashion is one of those phrases that has been used so often by so many different kinds of businesses that it is hard to know what it means anymore. For Silver Raindrop, it has always meant something specific: buying less, buying from makers who can explain their process, and not discounting pieces at the end of a season.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
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