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Celebrate the coronation with the story behind a shawl for Prince William.
Loose pages found within a different book have their own story.
Oh, what devious minds writing knitters have!
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.
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.