Knitting Now and Then
Mostly about knitting history. Sometimes about what I'm knitting. Sometimes about other things too.
Monday, 19 September 2016
London's Baking
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We were in London over the weekend of the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire, and happened to go to the London Metropolitan Archives, where...
Friday, 16 September 2016
Multi-coloured Argyll
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A couple of months ago, I was recording the Argyll leaflets in the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection, and noticed a small batch of ver...
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Saturday, 10 September 2016
Missoni Exhibition
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We were in London for a few days over last weekend, and on Saturday I went to the Missoni Art Colour exhibition at the Fashion and Textile ...
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Friday, 26 August 2016
Swatching for a Scarf
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I have been trying out stitch patterns for a scarf I'm planning to knit for my sister. I bought the yarn at Ribbon Circus in Hebden Br...
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Knitting Sampler Squares
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I wrote here in January about a hugely long sampler that we have in the Guild collection, made by a knitter called Gladys. There are about...
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Saturday, 13 August 2016
Bra Recycling
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The local Women's Institute (Marsh, Huddersfield - aka Cupcakes & Cocktails) have been making planting 'braskets' out of br...
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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Metrication
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Today I was sorting some magazines in the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection and separating out surplus copies. One of them was a W...
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