sock of the week: no.10

By: KDD
bluestockings, costume, fashion, feminism, folk art, History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 19 Comments on sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

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sock of the week no.7

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , 17 Comments on sock of the week no.7

what might a pair of seventeenth-century stockings say about the body that once wore them?

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sock of the week no. 6: clocks and socks

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 28 Comments on sock of the week no. 6: clocks and socks

an image connecting the histories of eighteenth-century intimate apparel, government taxation, and the democratisation of timekeeping

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Natalie Warner

By: KDD
amazing knitters, bluestockings, clothing, creativity, design, fabric, feminism, History, interview, knitters, knitting, making, textiles, the life of things, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 14 Comments on Natalie Warner

Introducing a talented designer and her fascinating professional journey

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sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, Politics, Scotland, Scottish textiles, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, West Highlands, , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 Comments on sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

Stockings which concealed the political message of a lost eighteenth-century cause.

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sock of the week no.4

By: KDD
bluestockings, design, History, knitting, Scotland, Scottish textiles, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 14 Comments on sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

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sock of the week no.3

By: KDD
bluestockings, Edinburgh, feminism, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on sock of the week no.3

Celebrating the world’s first sock knitting book, and its bluestocking author

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sock of the week no.2

By: KDD
History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , 12 Comments on sock of the week no.2

Eighteenth-century stockings in miniature

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sock of the week no.1

By: KDD
History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10 Comments on sock of the week no.1

Philippe Mercier’s popular portrait of an eighteenth-century stocking knitter

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a chat with Nicole Pohl

By: KDD
bluestockings, feminism, History, research, socks, textile history, textiles, women, writing, , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on a chat with Nicole Pohl

Nicole tells us more about her work on the women of the Bluestocking circle

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the bluestocking club

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, knitting, making, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , 29 Comments on the bluestocking club

all about the Bluestocking club

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two new projects

By: KDD
books, design, feminism, History, Kate Davies Designs, publishing, textiles, women, writing, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 48 Comments on two new projects

News about Inkling, and The Bluestocking Club

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out of the woods

By: KDD
craft, History, knitting, landscape, My Place, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , 17 Comments on out of the woods

Outi Kater introduces a wonderful design inspired by Finnish childhood winters and restorative woodland spaces

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zwiebelmuster

By: KDD
art, craft, creativity, design, food, History, making, My Place, painting, patterns, process, , , , , , , , , , , , , 21 Comments on zwiebelmuster

Nicole Wagler tells us about eighteenth-century porcelain and her sense of place in Meissen

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