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Artisans sell handmade goods for Christmas shoppers

Artisans sell handmade goods for Christmas shoppers

Allison Piracci offered Harris tweed items for sale.

Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — Christmas shoppers crowded into the White Hart Saturday, Dec. 14, for the second of two sales events from Salisbury Handmade.

Charlie and Margie Vail completed their shopping lists with a certain air of satisfaction. The last items checked off were key fobs (for the grandchildren) from Allison Piracci of Solulu Handmade of Niskayuna, New York.

Piracci’s main stock in trade are handbags and other items made from authentic Harris tweed.

She said the Harris tweed authorities guard their trademark carefully, and only after jumping through a number of hoops do the authorities send her the authentic Harris tweed labels, with the distinctive orb. The labels must be sewn on any item that uses Harris tweed.

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