Knitting Now and Then
Mostly about knitting history. Sometimes about what I'm knitting. Sometimes about other things too.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Fish Sandwiches by the Golden Horn
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Last week we were on holiday in Istanbul again - after two days there on our Turkish tour in May, we wanted to go back for a longer visit. ...
Monday, 8 October 2012
Wool Re-Fashioned
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We went to Salts Mills at Saltaire yesterday (our nearest World Heritage Site), mainly to shop. There is an antiques place there, which oft...
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Health Vests
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I recently wrote an article on Twilley's Health Vest cotton, for the current issue of Slipknot (the magazine of the Knitting and Croche...
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
A Knitted Card
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Friends have sent us a card (bought in the Lake District, I think) with a piece of knitting glued to it. The yarn is Herdwick, in the na...
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Thursday, 27 September 2012
1930s Bathing Suits
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I am researching a short article on 1930s knitted woolly swimsuits for Slipknot, the magazine of the Knitting & Crochet Guild, based...
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
"And now an urgent SOS message"
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Two weeks ago, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a fascinating programme on SOS messages , presented by Eddie Mair. When I was a child, SOS messages we...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
In the Loop
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King Alfred in Winchester Last week, I was in Winchester for the In the Loop 3 conference - The Voices of Knitting . John came with m...
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