In Twisted Woolly Toppers, Woolly Wormhead’s third book, she brings us a fabulous collection of new hat designs with its focus: cable, twist and bias techniques. Beautifully photographed on location in Italy, there are ten great designs for men, women and children. Each hat is sized to fit three or more head sizes so by […]
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Did you see the animated film version of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline last year? If you didn’t, I would highly recommend it and if you did, you might remember the lovely little knitted jumper that Coraline wears. But did you know how it was made? Althea Crome (also known as Althea Merback) knits miniature conceptual clothing
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Girls knitting, 1918. Image courtesy of UA Archives. Hand knitting was brought formally into the British school syllabus with the 1870 Education Act. It had been taught in many schools, and especially to girls for long before that, but was not formalised until the late 19th century. By the time of the First World War,
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When I first found this great piece of film (whilst actually looking for something about making your own banjo, but thats another story), I decided to share it with the world on the knitonthenet blog, but really it is so good, that you all need to see it too. Picture the scene, It’s 1952: Britian
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The first email arrived on a chilly February morning. Subject: To my Arch Nemesis Coded clues are within { } The Clues recommended colours – { country singer formerly married to Julia Roberts: Lyle __ } & {A one legged EX? __ Mills} 4 double pointed needles, sizes {__ days of christmas} or {Psalm __
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