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.
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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Inspired by Norwegian needlework, these handstitched gloves will warm your hands and your heart.
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.
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This mini sweater is based on Madeline Keller-King’s miniature pullover pattern. Fashion one in your favorite color, add a few lacy embellishments, and you’re ready for spring!
Women have been involved with textiles throughout time; after all, they have been inspired by a goddess!
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Norwegian needlework beauty to warm your hands and your heart.
Season 6, Episode 3: Beginning under the wing of her legendary mother, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Meg has spread her wings to become one of the most influential and best-loved figures in the knitting world.
Once thought of as only something a grandmother could love, doilies are experiencing a renaissance.