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Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

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

a chat with Nicole Pohl

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

sticks

By: Kate Davies Designs January 21, 2010January 31, 2010

History, memory, the life of thingsBBC, History, history of the world in 100 objects, Kate Davies, knitting, knitting belt, knitting sheath, knitting stick, material history, outdoor knitting, Rowan 47, wisp, women's history43 Comments

If you stood the course through my radio burblings the other day, you might have heard me mention the thing that I’d like to contribute to the BBC / British Museum’s History of the World in 100 objects. I thought you might be interested to see it. While I was researching my piece for the…