Knitting Now and Then

Today was the Grand Opening of a new yarn shop in Huddersfield town centre, in the Byram Arcade.  The owner is Lydia, who set up the...

My textured jacket from Classic Knits for Real Women has been finished for a while.  I have worn it several times and before that it was h...

Christmas is still a long way off, of course, but I have a few Christmas presents to knit so I have made a start.  I can write about the ...

I have an old hand-knitted jumper of my mother's that I have kept because of all the time and effort that  clearly went into it.  I rece...

J went to a collectors' fair recently and brought me a copy of Woman's Weekly magazine from 1927.  It was a very well-chosen buy.  ...

In an earlier post ,  I described seeing Steve Plummer knitting Girl with a Pearl Earring  using Illusion Knitting.  There was a follow-up ...

John has been browsing the family history magazines in the local library, and pointed out to me an article on Knitting Ancestors by Penelop...