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The Legend of Tea Cozies

Victorians transformed tea cozies from a necessity into fashion. Read about the unique forms they've taken over the years!

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Glorious Gloves to Knit

Knitted Liturgical Gloves for Elite Churchmen in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

The Portuguese Style of Knitting

Although tensioning the yarn through a pin or around the neck has been practiced since ancient times, many knitters are not familiar with the technique, which also entails holding and throwing the yarn in a different way.

Colorwork Sleeves: Inspiration across Time and Culture

See how a poster depicting traditional costumes creates inspiration.

Knitting Spools

Rediscover a tool used to create a tubular or flat fabric by repeatedly interlocking loops of yarn.

Celebrate International Lace Day!

Whether you recognize the day in February, June, or September there is always time for lace!

Family Textiles Inspired by Maine Lakes

A series of three knitted panels, using embroidery for details, are fiber windows onto landscapes important to the author and her family.

Herbert Niebling: Grand Master of Lace Knitting

Niebling’s designs are not for the faint of heart or the impatient knitter. Some of his larger table covers contain as many as 300 rounds, with the outer rounds comprising hundreds of stitches, all to be worked in fine thread from pages of complex charts.

What Is a Fichu?

Though varied in style and material, the fichu was an important fashion accessory during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The Eleonora Project, Part 3: Knitting Guilds and the Medici

What did it mean to be a member of a knitting guild during the 1500s? Who was responsible for crafting Eleonora di Toledo’s burial stockings?