Knitting Now and Then

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

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Flame Knit

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At the " Chanel to Westwood " exhibition in Barnsley, there was a wonderful shawl in a fine silky knit,  worn over a dress with Ar...
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Monday, 23 November 2015

It's An Illusion

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Last week we had the monthly meeting of the local Knitting & Crochet Guild branch, with a workshop in Illusion Knitting, aka Shadow Knit...
Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Bunting

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It's the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate at the end of this month, and the Knitting & Crochet Guild will have a stall there...
Monday, 16 November 2015

A Sock Purse

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It's been a busy two weeks: apart from other things, we went to Suffolk for a few days holiday with friends.  As usual, I was on the loo...
Monday, 2 November 2015

Knitwear: Chanel to Westwood

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On Friday, I took a train to Barnsley to see the  Knitwear: Chanel to Westwood exhibition at the Civic.  I had already seen the exhibition ...
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Friday, 30 October 2015

Never again

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Some of the pattern leaflets in the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection have come directly from yarn shops - for instance the  batch of ...
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Thursday, 29 October 2015

Fine Sand

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I wrote, back in August that I was knitting the 'Fine Sand' cardigan , designed by Heidi Kirrmaier.  I finished it two weeks ago, ju...
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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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