In the vein of “no idle hands,” children took up needles, knitting everything from simple projects to socks, to aid soldiers during the Civil War.
A passion for literature and stitching comes alive in Joanna Johnson’s knitwear patterns inspired by beloved, classic characters.
L. Frank Baum, as a clever spinner of stories, while writing a magical tale for children was also using Jinjur and her army as an allegory for the women’s suffrage movement, to which he was no stranger.
Buff knitting is a regional technique for knitting a shagged carpet-like fabric, specifically for work mittens.