February 7, 1867 Beloved author of the Little House series of books (and needleworker) Laura Ingalls Wilder is born. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
I first encountered Dorset buttons when reading Burning Bright, a Tracy Chevalier novel that follows a family of button-makers as they make a new life in London during the eighteenth century.
American author and poet Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was born. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
Mixed in with the very practical sock knitting tips and techniques in Weldon’s monthly newsletters, you will find some charming Victorian recommendations for wearing and using handknitted socks.
This week in history: William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway marry. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
We own a number of 19th-century needlework books and pamphlets, and let me tell you—they are FASCINATING. And sometimes comical, sometimes puzzling, to the modern crafter.
This lace knitting project allows you to explore nupps, with the end result being an absolutely drop-dead gorgeous rectangular shawl.
Each design is as appropriate today as it would have been in the early twentieth century.
For knitters, the films inspired by her books are the perfect companions as we snuggle into blankets on the couch with a cup of steaming tea as the snow piles up outside, adding stitches to the garments that hold our dreams and wishes.
It is the personal connections to the stories that give these knitted garments depth—each one tells a story with yarn.