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twenty titles

It’s the launch day of our twentieth book!

sock of the week no.12

creative and industrious stocking knitting men

Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

sock of the week no. 11

fashion, innovation and stripey socks

sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

sock of the week no.7

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

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

Natalie Warner

Introducing a talented designer and her fascinating professional journey

sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

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

sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

sock of the week no.3

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

sock of the week no.2

By: KDD June 2, 2021June 2, 2021

History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textilesfashion history, frame knit stockings, Lady Clapham, Lord Clapham, silk, silk stockings, sock of the week, socks, stockings, textile history, V&A Museum12 Comments

Eighteenth-century stockings in miniature

Castle Tioram walk

By: KDD June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

architecture, History, landscape, Scotland, walking, West Highlandsardnamurchan, Castle Tioram, Highlands, Moidart, Scotland, Silver Walk, walk, walking10 Comments

exploring a spectacular landscape and its turbulent history

sock of the week no.1

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

a chat with Nicole Pohl

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

the bluestocking club

all about the Bluestocking club