Smookie

By: KDD
design, knitting, patterns, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , 7 Comments on Smookie

a hand-knitted smock for autumn

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All dressed in yellow

By: KDD
art, color, colour, design, fashion, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , 37 Comments on All dressed in yellow

how our attitudes to colour are bound up with the stories we tell ourselves

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after the apocalypse, make stuff

By: KDD
costume, craft, creativity, criticism, fashion, film, play, refashioning, review, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on after the apocalypse, make stuff

the costumes of Station Eleven

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Argyll :: Argyle

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, colour, creativity, design, fashion, History, knitting, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, twisted stitches, , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on Argyll :: Argyle

huge poofy sleeves are optional

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historical memory

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, History, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , 20 Comments on historical memory

what do we call to mind about a place? Which local narratives deserve commemoration?

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the breaking up of the bluestocking club

By: KDD
bluestockings, books, fashion, knitting, publishing, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 30 Comments on the breaking up of the bluestocking club

the club is over, but there’s the book to come!

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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.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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