During the First World War, knitting for soldiers was patriotic. Less remembered is the mother at home, urged by popular magazines to knit not only for the trenches but for the cradle, too.
Learn the story of a determined dressmaker and her daughters and their precious Irish lace wedding jacket from 1881.
Founded on the idea that art lives in daily life, the Mingei Museum honors the creativity of ordinary makers.
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A trinity stitch pattern from the late 1800s finds new life in this modern-day cowl design.
Blending historical research with masterful needlework, the America’s Tapestry project translates Revolutionary-era stories into vivid embroidered panels.
Celebrate the rhythm of the year with a new eBook full of seven small, meaningful projects designed to bring creativity, comfort, and a touch of seasonal magic to your making.
Dress up your holidays with delicate charm: use these free tatting patterns to create a tree full of ornaments or a cheerful, color-filled window display.
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Capture the vibrant colors of fall leaves with instructions for making a miniature punch needle sachet.
Discover Mark Twain's contributions not only to the literary world, but also to fashion history.
From cotton fields to sewing rooms, learn how enslaved women contributed significantly to the development of early American quilts.
In the first decades after independence, American girls learned the contours of their country by stitching them. At boarding schools, girls transformed printed maps into vivid embroidered visions of a young and still-forming nation.
Annichen Sibbern Bøhn: traveled Norway to record endangered knitting patterns—and later risked her life in the resistance. Discover her story and download a free sock pattern inspired by her work.
The Japanese American Quilt Project brings together generations of voices, identity, and resilience. Learn the story of a community’s shared past through fabric and thread.
As athletes sneak in a few calming rows between events in Milan, Italy, fans at home are knitting right along with them turning the Winter Games into a shared stitch by stitch ritual.
Check out some of our favorite offerings of Chinese needlework to celebrate the Year of the Horse.
Blending historical research with masterful needlework, the America’s Tapestry project translates Revolutionary-era stories into vivid embroidered panels.
Discover George Washington Carver’s quiet lifelong passion for crochet and fancywork and download free crochet patterns for his swatches.
Celebrate the rhythm of the year with a new eBook full of seven small, meaningful projects designed to bring creativity, comfort, and a touch of seasonal magic to your making.
