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Margaret Stove, New Zealand’s Lacemaker to Royalty

Celebrate the coronation with the story behind a shawl for Prince William.

Australian Knitting Needle Gauges

Not just a tool for the knitting community

Who Was Miss Money? A Victorian Mystery

Loose pages found within a different book have their own story.

Long Thread Podcast: Melanie Falick, Making a Life

Season 6, Episode 7: The treasure in a handmade life isn’t just mastering skills and making goods, Melanie Falick says—it’s the power in creation, connection, and expression along the way.

Working on the Spirit of the Child: Needlework in Classrooms

Stitching allows children to gain competency while wielding a real tool and producing visible results. It also prepares them for later academic work such as writing and mathematics.

Women’s Work, Part 3: Pottery Lessons & Textile Arts

Records from the distant past don’t say much about women, yet every now and then we get fleeting glimpses of the history of textiles.

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Spice Up a Basic Knitted Hand Covering with Norwegian Embroidery

Inspired by Norwegian needlework, these handstitched gloves will warm your hands and your heart.

Women’s Work, Part 2: Yarn & Revolutions

Then Athens and the city-state of Sparta got into a long conflict, the Peloponnesian War, and that’s where our latest story about women’s work comes in.