An exciting prospect for knitting scholars for next year has been announced with the Call for Papers issued by the AHRC Fleece to Fashion project at the University...
Extended abstracts of papers presented at the Knitting History Forum Conference on 13th November 2021. ‘From fleece to fez in fifteen steps: an interpretation of...
The Textile Research Centre is hosting a study day of knitting in the style of Mor Astrup on Saturday 6th November 2021. The Mor Astrup technique originated in Norway,...
More news about the Holy Hands research project into early knitted liturgical gloves: the latest issue of The Journal of Dress History includes the article ‘Holy Hands:...
This year’s Knitting History Forum Conference is the result of an open call on the theme of Heads, Hands and Feet, examining knitted artefacts and evidence of their...
The Knitting in Early Modern Europe (KEME) and Holy Hands research projects have come together to catalogue nearly 100 examples of knitted liturgical gloves. Through the Holy Hands project,...
Elizabethan knitting is the subject of a newly-published article in the journal ‘Textile History’. Lesley O’Connell Edwards’s paper is entitled ‘The Stocking Knitting Industry of...
Our Honorary President Kirstie Buckland is well known as an eminent researcher and maker of historical knitted caps. She started her making career as an...
Are you still considering presenting a paper online at the Knitting History Forum Conference in November 2021? KHF welcomes original research papers from contributors around...