Christmas knitwear has come in from the cold. Rescued from the icy wastelands of taste and fashion, it is assured of a welcome with the...

November 23, 2014

Our next Knitting History Forum event is the Knitting & Crochet Guild Trunk Show on 21 February 2015, from 1pm to 4pm at the Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley...

November 10, 2014

Another great day at our annual KHF AGM and Conference on Saturday, with a broad range of topics and plenty of discussion! Angharad Thomas took...

November 10, 2014

In the Loop 4 will be held 26-28 August 2015 at the University of Glasgow, in association with the School of Humanities and the ‘Knitting...

November 5, 2014

Fans of Kirstie Buckland’s wonderful black-and-white glove as featured on our website may be interested in the Sanquhar Knitting Workshop this Saturday 1 November 2014...

October 29, 2014

According to a survey, two-thirds of teenagers in 1960s Britain were knitters. An interesting article by Alison Adburgham from 1961 reprinted in 2012, with a...

October 24, 2014

The Centenary Stitches WWI project began as a response to plea for assistance from WAGscreen, makers of the film ‘Tell Them of Us’. Set in...

October 18, 2014

This year’s Knitting History Forum AGM and Conference will be held on Saturday 8 November 2014, once again at the London College of Fashion, 20 Princes St. Doors...

October 10, 2014

According to the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, one unnamed journalist said “knitwear has become interesting”. This is hardly news to students of knitting...

September 27, 2014