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The Needleworker’s Ultimate Resource Guide to Celebrating America’s 250th

From commemoration to inspiration, we’ve gathered 30+ exhibitions, events, and resources to help you join the festivities.

Wool, War, and Motherhood: How Britain Knitted for Its Babies, 1914-1918

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.

Discover an Irish Crochet Masterpiece and One Woman's Journey from Hardship to Legacy

Learn the story of a determined dressmaker and her daughters and their precious Irish lace wedding jacket from 1881.

Where Craft, Culture, and Community Meet

Founded on the idea that art lives in daily life, the Mingei Museum honors the creativity of ordinary makers.

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Try the Crochet Trinity Stitch

A trinity stitch pattern from the late 1800s finds new life in this modern-day cowl design.

Mark Twain’s Invention: The Surprising Origin of the Modern Bra Strap

Discover Mark Twain's contributions not only to the literary world, but also to fashion history.

Chain-Pieced: Quilts Made by Enslaved Women in Nineteenth-Century America

From cotton fields to sewing rooms, learn how enslaved women contributed significantly to the development of early American quilts.

Mapping America, One Stitch at a Time

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.

Meet a Norwegian Knitting Historian and Courageous Wartime Resister

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.

Stitched Stories of Unity and Diversity: The Japanese American Quilt Project

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.