crochet

Completely by accident, Nicole Gustas found the first granny square and learned its origin story.

Read about Victorian tourists who embraced all things Scottish after reading Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels.

Activists for women’s voting rights raised money for their cause by selling their handmade items, among other things, at the National Suffrage Fair in New York City. Knitting, crochet, and the movement’s own history played prominent roles at this event.

Enjoy taking a journey back to 1916 with this lovely crochet ornament project.

Victorian needlework books remain a fragile connection to the past, reminding us that we are not so different from the stitchers who came before us.

Jabez learned to crochet granny squares as a part of his rehabilitation after he lost parts of several fingers to shrapnel in the Second Boer War (1899–1902).

Sarah re-creates a vintage sock with an unknown past.

The doily has been at the center of home décor fashion for more than a century.

The purse is faded, and the colors of the cotton motif are bright only on the inside, but this bag still conjures curiosity.

Fine thread and steel hooks make tiny crochet stitches. Here’s a handy tip to help make your stitching less challenging.