Short version: a knitted square inside a Knitting sign. Fuller description: Perspex sign holder on shelf in textile arts & craft section, Dokk1 Aarhus Main Library, Denmark. Books surrounding it. A label on it says: ‘Strikning 64.64’. Inside it, a cheerful bit of knitting – a white knitted rectangle with a blue and white owl design. The Strikning or Knitting section.

Short version: a crocheted square inside a Crochet sign. Fuller description: Perspex sign holder on shelf in textile arts & craft section, Dokk1 Aarhus Main Library, Denmark. Books surrounding it. A label on it says: ‘Strikning 64.66’. Inside it, a lovely square of crochet with a sunflower-like motif - warm oranges and yellows and browns. On the sign label: Hækling 64.65. Hækling is Danish for crochet. The lovely sign is covered in fingerprints - it clearly attracts attention and closer inspection.

Short version: patchwork swatch inside a Patchwork sign. Fuller description: Perspex sign holder on shelf in textile arts & craft section, Dokk1 Aarhus Main Library, Denmark. Books surrounding it. A label on it says: ‘Patchwork 64.665’. Inside it, a piece of material with green sections patched on to a brown plaid section – the Patchwork section.

Short version: material inside a sewing section sign. Fuller description: Perspex sign holder on shelf in textile arts & craft section, Dokk1 Aarhus Main Library, Denmark. Books surrounding it. A label on it says: ‘Syning og reparation 64.61’. But you don’t need to read it or to speak Danish to know that this is where you find books on Sewing and Repairs, because inside the perspex holder is a sewing square of pale blue material with slightly wonky edges and stitching and a little blue pocket. Visibly: sewing happening here.