Knitting Now and Then

Mostly about knitting history. Sometimes about what I'm knitting. Sometimes about other things too.

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Where are they now? - 2KCBWDAY4

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 I took part in the first Knitting and Crochet Blog Week last year (in spite of the week coinciding with the cloud of volcanic dust when we ...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Day Out in Calderdale

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On Friday I took a day off from sorting knitting & crochet magazines and we went over the hill to Calderdale, first to the antique centr...
Sunday, 27 March 2011

Useful Advice

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I wrote here at the beginning of January about the flood at the Knitting & Crochet Guild's warehouse at Lee Mills near Holmfirth. ...
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Friday, 25 March 2011

Spring is Sprung

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We have had beautiful weather for the past few days - dry, sunny and quite warm.  The temperature has been around 15 degrees in the middle ...
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Sunday, 20 March 2011

Hand Made Tales

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When we were in London last month, I went to the Women's Library in the East End, partly to register to use the library, and to spend a...
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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Knitted Royal Wedding

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Apparently there's a Royal Wedding coming up shortly.  If you have been wanting to knit a tableau of the royal personages in the wedding...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Horse Cooler

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I know that a lot of knitters knit coats for their dogs, but that's a bit unambitious.  Think big - knit for a horse!    The cooler ...
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Barbara
I'm retired and live in West Yorkshire (in England). I returned to knitting at the end of 2009, after a long gap. I'm fascinated by old knitting patterns and women's magazines. Since 2011, I have been sorting and cataloguing the collection of publications held by the U.K. Knitting and Crochet Guild - magazines, pattern booklets, pattern leaflets and other publications. It is a wonderful resource for researching the history of knitting and crochet in the 20th century. With the centenary of the First World War in mind, I have been investigating the knitting and crochet activity at that time - the vast quantities of knitted comforts for the troops, but also what women made for their families and their homes.
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