On December 12th we had an early Christmas present! Associate Professor Monika Zaltauskaite Grasiene, Textiles Art Media Kaunus Faculty, Villnius Academy of Art, and founding member of Kaunus Textile Biennial, visited UCA Farnham to deliver a lecture to our students (PG and UG) plus invited guests. She spoke eloquently and passionately about her own work and the ways in which jacquard weaving has been used in Lithuania to create textile art. She then kindly undertook tutorials with our MA textile students.