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Knitting History Forum conference 2026

Join the Knitting History Forum annual online conference for an interesting range of presentations on knitting techniques and traditions.

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microscopic analysis of fibres

The Knitting History Forum would like YOU to present at next year’s conference – or in the future!

The Knitting History Forum welcomes proposals for 20-minute talks on all sorts of topics – academic, personal, emotional. What would you like to share with the KHF community?

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Detail of a Gunnister-style seventeenth-century purse knitted by Kirstie Buckland, from a kit of silks dyed and prepared by Debbie Bamford
Meet the speaker: Josefin Lindegren

The next annual Knitting History Forum conference is on Saturday 7 February 2026, with presentations on the history of knitting. The conference is hosted online and tickets are available to purchase. Please note – If you cannot attend on the day but would like to watch recordings of the presentations, please buy a ticket for the event in advance. It will not be possible to access the recordings without a valid ticket for the conference and they will not be available to buy after the event has taken place.  Knitting the pieces together: fragments of knitted stockings from the Swedish...

January 16, 2026

Meet the speaker: Emily Hilliard

January 9, 2026

Meet the speaker: Nora Howley

January 2, 2026

In Memory of Kirstie Buckland

January 2, 2026

Meet the speaker: Helen Wyld

December 26, 2025

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23 Dec

Don't know what to give? Tickets for online Knitting History talks make great #LastMinuteXmasGiftIdeas!

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18 Dec

Knitters! Historians! Everyone Else! Booked tickets for our Knitting History conference? Sat 7 Feb 2026. Recordings available after event for tickets bought before. Book now!



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7 Dec

Speakers and their papers and a preliminary programme at the KHF website

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