Last year Bill and I visited Uzbekistan and I loved this fascinating country and, in particular, a town called to Bukhara. As we wandered the shops in Samarkand and Tashkent, I could see that almost everything had a tassel on it. The hats, scarves and even pencils seemed to be adorned with tassels but I could not find them to buy.
On almost the last day we were visiting a beautiful summer palace during our five-hour journey to Tashkent airport, and I found just what I wanted – a lovely long fringe decorated with handmade silk cotton and silver tassels. Perfect! After much battering and smiling and pulling faces, I bought the whole fringe and have spent many happy hours adding my handmade cords to them.