picturing Inveraray

By: KDD
architecture, Argyll, art, History, landscape, Scotland, travel, West Highlands, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on picturing Inveraray

looking at a made place

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Loch Shiel

By: KDD
History, landscape, Scotland, West Highlands, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on Loch Shiel

the ancient heart of a community

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twenty titles

By: KDD
bluestockings, books, History, making, manufacturing, publishing, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on twenty titles

It’s the launch day of our twentieth book!

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sock of the week no.12

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, socks, textile history, , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on sock of the week no.12

creative and industrious stocking knitting men

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Marina Moskowitz

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, interview, making, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, women, wool, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

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sock of the week no. 11

By: KDD
colour, creativity, fashion, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, , , , , , , , , , , , 7 Comments on sock of the week no. 11

fashion, innovation and stripey socks

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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, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 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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