Knitting Now and Then

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

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

A Light as Air Scarf

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I have just finished a lacy scarf that I started earlier this month - a very quick knit.   The yarn is brushed alpaca and silk, very soft a...
Saturday, 17 November 2018

October 1942

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Two friends who visited recently, and know I like old magazines, brought me a Woman and Home magazine from 1942 - a very welcome gift.  ...
Thursday, 15 November 2018

Grey

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I don't often write about what I'm knitting, until it's finished (in case it all turns out badly).  But I thought I would sh...
Thursday, 8 November 2018

A New Match

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It's very exciting (as I think I've said before) when we identify the pattern that was used to make an item in the Knitting & Cr...
Saturday, 27 October 2018

Matching Socks

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I finished another pair of socks (for me) a couple of weeks ago.   They are like the last two pairs I knitted - the structure is based on th...
Sunday, 21 October 2018

Arans in Birmingham

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I have just been to Birmingham with my colleague Angharad - we did a trunk show and workshop on Arans yesterday for the Birmingham branch of...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Fancy Needlework Illustrated in Piecework

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Yesterday, a packet arrived through the post with three copies of the current (Winter 2018) issue of Piecework magazine.  If you don't ...
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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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