Written by Cassandra Milani I learned to knit for the first time as an undergrad while studying abroad at the London College of Fashion. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a hand-knitting …
Round the World in Knitted Objects, Online Colloquium 15 October 2021
Helen Kempton, MLitt Student Dress and Textile Histories When Dr Adelheid Rasche reappeared with an interior photo of a seventeenth-century knitted silk jacket, the excitement was palpable – even …
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The Myths and Mysteries of “Fair Isle” Knitwear
Written by Cassandra Milani “Fair Isle” stranded colourwork is one of the most recognizable knitting traditions in the world today, yet its precise history remains one of the least …
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Family Knitstories
In our second post on the personal knitting stories of the ‘Fleece to Fashion’ project team, Lynn Abrams remembers a family knitting heritage of dolls’ clothes and much loved …
Guiding Hands
In our last post we pondered on the fate of textile crafts during this pandemic. In the next few posts we thought we would share with you some of …