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Trade token showing hand loom. Jacksons & Lister's Warehouse, Barnsley, 1812 (linen manufactory), 2020-06-29T11:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/06/18/it-was-the-wool-that-paid-for-all/2021-01-28T00:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/06/04/the-colour-green/2020-06-18T01:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/05/04/dark-times-the-epidemic-of-1832/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cover.jpgcover2020-05-06T10:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/03/04/their-darkest-materials-is-out-now/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/daveotherglove.jpgdaveotherglovehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/simple-sheep-logo-1.jpgsimple sheep logo (1)Pretty Baa Lambs Presshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tdm-banner-ad-1.pngTDM Banner ad (1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_0486.jpgIMG_04862020-03-09T14:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/03/08/the-small-woman-nineteenth-century-needlewomen/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/victorian-hands-knitting3.pngVictorian hands knitting3Graphic of hands knitting from a knitting manualhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/invisible-woman.jpgINVISIBLE WOMAN2020-03-08T13:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/02/10/pre-order-their-darkest-materials/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/simple-sheep-logo-.jpgsimple sheep logo©HuntPrintDesignStudio, Pretty Baa Lambs Press logohttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_3615.jpgIMG_3615Now abandoned gateway to site of the murder of a stocking knitter, 1841.2020-02-10T19:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2020/01/31/leave-a-light-on/2020-02-02T09:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/06/07/we-were-the-singers/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ethel-no-date.pngEthel, (no date)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lizzie-lee-1856.pngLizzie Lee, 1856"Lizzie Lee", a river vessel, 1856. Reube Chappell. Courtesy: Goole Museumhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2008-01-30-20-12-43.jpg2008-01-30 20.12.43https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/serpent-e1503663771141.jpgserpentSerpent, from the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes2023-03-20T22:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/12/03/their-darkest-materials-updat/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jeremiah-brandreth.jpgjeremiah-brandreth2019-12-03T19:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/10/29/sleeping-quietly-beneath-the-white-stars/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5756.jpgIMG_5756Lancashire flex wheel.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5090.jpgIMG_5090https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5061.jpgIMG_5061Handspun linen (tow) in a basket with flax strick (natural) and tow linen (red). Langdale linen was dew-bleached so the grounds to embroideries were natural coloured.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5126.jpgIMG_5126Typical Ruskin Lace - made with square or rectangular cut areas.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5119.jpgIMG_5119Threads on display at the Ruskin Museum, Conistonhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5089.jpgIMG_5089I found several mentions of Langdale women demonstrating spindles at various exhibitions in the 1880s. This one on display at the Ruskin Museum, Conistonhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_5075.jpgIMG_5075Sign in the collection of the Ruskin Museum, Coniston 2019-10-29T12:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/10/07/thomas-anson-the-story-of-a-slave-in-the-dales/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hannahmore.jpgHannahMoreHannah More, prominent abolitionist, and friend of Wilberforce, 1821https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/512px-official_medallion_of_the_british_anti-slavery_society_1795.jpg512px-Official_medallion_of_the_British_Anti-Slavery_Society_(1795)Via WIKI COMMONS. Public Domain. Official badge of the British Anti-Slavery Movement, c. 1795, Josiah Wedgewood Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) and either William Hackwood or Henry Webber; "Josiah Wedgewood…produced the emblem as a jasper-ware cameo at his pottery factory".https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ohkd.jpgohkd2022-09-16T19:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/09/25/their-darkest-materials/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/67949349_510214973099156_4985631641020923904_n.png67949349_510214973099156_4985631641020923904_nCREDIT: Hazel P. Mason, www.hazelpmason.co.ukhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dm-cover.jpgdm coverTheir Darkest Materials, cover art. CREDIT: Hazel P. Mason, http://hazelpmason.co.uk/index.htmlhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/jeremiah-brandreth-2.jpgjeremiah brandrethWork in progress. Unfinished illustration (has to be inked!) The book is now complete and the last couple of illustrations are being finished as we speak. CREDIT: DAVID HUNT2019-09-26T05:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/09/09/the-donner-party-and-the-doll-podcast/2019-09-09T10:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/08/23/the-pen-knib-is-a-bit-funny/2019-08-23T11:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/08/12/dont-know-where-the-snow-falls-from/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_4949.jpgIMG_4949https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_4945.jpgIMG_4945Bridget made buttons. I'll never quite look at V19thC buttons again in the same way, having read her - and others' - testimony.2019-08-17T19:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/08/02/how-the-deuce-do-you-expect-an-artist-to-do-his-best-work/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/brenda-letter-2-justjakecartoon.jpgbrenda letter 2 justjakecartoonBasil Stapleton's 'Just Jake' cartoon strip ran for 14 years in 'The Daily Mirror'.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/brendaletter2garden.jpgbrendaletter2garden'A Happy Garden', by Brenda, aged 8 in 1942.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_4624.jpgIMG_4624Brenda's dad was a professional upholsterer before the War. Are these the green curtains he made for her? They're certainly well hand-stitched.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/brenda2-redacted.jpgbrenda2 redactedLetter 2 written in pencil.2019-08-02T19:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/07/29/back-inside-the-paracosm/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/brenda.jpgbrenda2019-07-29T21:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/teaching-tuition/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_1781.jpgIMG_1781Magenta. "The Dyer Who Watched Storms" was the wife of one of the pioneers of synthetic dyeing. His first dye was magenta. In the West Riding County Asylum, she claimed to know a better process for making this colour...2019-07-17T11:47:18+00:00weekly0.6https://theknittinggenie.com/2019/07/15/the-small-woman/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sarah.pngsarahhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_4094.jpgIMG_4094https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_4087.jpgIMG_4087https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_4098.jpgIMG_4098https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_4107-e1563182554340.jpgIMG_4107Penny doll in vintage knitting pattern photo shoot. From my own collection.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jenny-wren.jpgjenny wrenJenny Wren, the doll's dressmaker. CREDIT: David Hunthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/grod.jpggrodGrodner Tal doll, peg jointed with simple arms and legs (no hands or feet). Wearing clothing probably made by a child (Own collection)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/donner-cover.pngdonner coverPieceWork, Fall, 2019 www.interweave.comhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fashionplate1801.jpgfashionplate1801Fashionplate from Ackerman's Repository, 1801. Original plate from my own collection.2019-07-19T20:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/patterns/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rainbowmoomin.jpgrainbowmoominhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/smm6954_medium2.jpgsmm6954_medium2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hitty-aethereal-chart-zig-zag-lace.pngHitty Aethereal Chart Zig Zag Lacehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rqk79grv4v-tciizn2qlkzofzzm9i5o4u5tkgbabzn0-gonn2wmfqxlcyvuxa1xpcmdzz-1j8ljpmjye9-w6mohggzwrj0iwfu_medium2.jpgrqk79grv4v-tciizn2qlkzofzzm9i5o4u5tkgbabzn0-gonn2wmfqxlcyvuxa1xpcmdzz-1j8ljpmjye9-w6mohggzwrj0iwfu_medium2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/p0eb4nj01te3gqrcgupt5wdhi8ikdrxtthydinsqomb1x8p2fbzfyb6v2e6giab42bzhmtwstpehj9jlj3fbwnedqydnsuqe8n7f_medium.jpgp0eb4nj01te3gqrcgupt5wdhi8ikdrxtthydinsqomb1x8p2fbzfyb6v2e6giab42bzhmtwstpehj9jlj3fbwnedqydnsuqe8n7f_medium2022-11-28T17:26:24+00:00weekly0.6https://theknittinggenie.com/blog/2019-07-08T14:58:17+00:00weekly0.6https://theknittinggenie.com/patterns/errata-hetty-the-knitter-121/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hetty-edging-chart.pngHetty edging chart2019-07-08T14:04:35+00:00weekly0.6https://theknittinggenie.com/2019/06/13/tom-tit-tot/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0731.jpgIMG_0731Rumpelstiltskin 'Ladybird' book.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/tomtittotdave.jpgtomtittotdaveTom Tit Tot, Illustration by David Hunthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/557px-rumpelstiltskin.jpg557px-RumpelstiltskinVia Wikimedia Commons. Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, ca. 1889 2019-06-14T09:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/04/23/tiresome-girls/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190408_200519.jpg_20190408_200519Land Girl's billet, Yorkshire Museum of Farminghttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lg.jpglghttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ad.jpgadhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/land-girl-scruff.jpgland girl scruffLand Girls as they should look and as they actually looked. 'Land Girl' magazine, courtesy Yorkshire Museum of Farming.2019-04-23T11:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/04/11/more-respectable-than-formerly/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/willow2.jpgwillow2Pattern inside, Davenport, 1805.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/willow-pattern.jpgwillow patternWillow pattern, Davenport, 18052019-04-11T23:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/03/08/she-prevailed/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2040.jpgIMG_2040Mudag of naturally dyed fibre. Jane and family may well have had tolearn to weave simple baskets for their own use - another pioneer skill. Mudags coming soon from us, here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hemingwayandhunthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/imag0176.jpgIMAG0176Naturally dyed wool including wools dyed with lac and logwood.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/jane.pngjaneJane Moses Wood Roodhouse. This will be Jane in old age. Image sent to me by the late Martha MacDonald. 2023-03-20T22:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/02/01/combed-to-death/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/blaize.pngblaizehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/skullhat.pngskullhat2019-02-01T10:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2019/01/16/weaving-silk-ribbons-and-the-curious-phenomenon-of-late-eighteenth-century-automata/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/29571303_559521021096821_537873412577441057_n.jpg29571303_559521021096821_537873412577441057_nhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2894.jpgimg_2894https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2878.jpgimg_2878https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2866.jpgimg_2866https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2865.jpgimg_2865https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2844.jpgimg_2844https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/b-m-297.jpgb-m-2972019-01-16T17:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/12/23/sheep-hoard-i-mean-herd/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futh-yr-k-1.pngfuth yr - khttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futh-ng-ae.pngfuth ng - aehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fut-t-l.pngfut t - lhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futh-y-s.pngfuth y - shttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futh-yr-k.pngfuth yr - khttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futhg-i.pngfuthg-ihttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/futhf-r.pngfuthf-rhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/soapstonewhorls1_medium2.jpgsoapstonewhorls1_medium2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/bellarminewhorls2_medium2.jpgbellarminewhorls2_medium2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/whorludndersides_medium2.jpgwhorludndersides_medium22023-03-20T22:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/11/21/snow-on-snow/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_2578.jpgIMG_2578https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-knitter-131_small2.pngthe-knitter-131_small2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tapeloom.jpgtapeloom1770s' fruitwood tape loom, from Derbyshire Peak District. Needs some restoration.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/44996434_709770386071883_3684204929120993280_n1.jpg44996434_709770386071883_3684204929120993280_n1https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/44996434_709770386071883_3684204929120993280_n.jpg44996434_709770386071883_3684204929120993280_nhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/46329403_2475344862500032_4001051297976418304_n.jpg46329403_2475344862500032_4001051297976418304_n2018-11-21T10:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/11/11/remembrance/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/willb2.pngwillb2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/willb1.pngwillb12018-11-11T15:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/10/16/work-for-idle-hands/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/female_convicts_at_work_in_brixton_womens_prison_after_mayhew__binny_1862.jpgFemale_convicts_at_work_in_Brixton_Women's_Prison_(after_Mayhew_&_Binny_1862)1862. Female convicts at work in Brixton prison. By Mayhew & Binny. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons2018-11-11T15:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/07/17/a-pair-of-stockings-one-of-them-with-the-needles-in-it/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0706.jpgIMG_070618thC or 19thC printed linen, own collection. Many workaday clothes were made from this kind of fabric.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_07071.jpgIMG_0707(1)18thC or 19thC printed linen from my collection.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0702.jpgIMG_0702A glimpse inside a pair of stays. Wooden busk. I didn't bother to match the lining - which is what you often see with 18thC clothing's linings. Holes for ties all hand-sewn. These would be worth pawning in the 1790s.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0696.jpgIMG_0696My stays, copies of c. 1790s-1800. Silk, lined with linen. Hand-sewn. Luceted handspun silk ties.2018-07-26T12:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/06/29/weaving-full-circle/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0442.jpgIMG_0442Stoorstalka 'Sunna' heddle. https://stoorstalka.com/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_04341.jpgIMG_0434Jonathan Seidel card loom with inkle weaving, draft from Laverne Waddington's Complementary Warphttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0434.jpgIMG_0434Jonathan Seidel card loom with inkle weaving, draft from Laverne Waddington's Complementary Warp Pick-Up Bookhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0430.jpgIMG_0430Inkled hinges for clothes horse and waistband for linen petticoat (woollen band so I will replace with linen soon).2018-06-30T14:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/06/25/wool-sort-102-selecting-good-wool/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_01241.jpgIMG_0124(1)Doulton Flock's Sam.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0144.jpgIMG_0144Bassenthwaite Lake, where we had lunch after Woolfest.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0191.jpgIMG_0191Leo the Lion, a solstice visitor to Castlerigg stone circle. He has a shrine!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0279.jpgIMG_0279Vendor's label on one of the fleeces I bought. Rosie's fleece!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0250.jpgIMG_0250Impromptu wool drying rack. Light enough to cart round the garden and move to sun spot. https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0237.jpgIMG_0237https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0224.jpgIMG_0224Shetland fleece, unrolled.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0222.jpgIMG_0222Shetland fleece, unrolled.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0195.jpgIMG_0195Castlerigg stone circle, Cumbria. Where we went after Woolfest.2018-06-25T11:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/06/05/knitting-isnt-political/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/512px-luddite.jpg512px-LudditePublished in May 1812 by Messrs. Walker and Knight, Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange; see British Museum reference. Via Wiki Commons.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/peterloo-1819-r-carlile_partial.jpgPeterloo-1819-R-Carlile_(partial)2019-06-24T10:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/05/25/inklings/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/imag0415.jpgIMAG0415Bands for edging to viking dress. White handspun wool for background; millspun oddments for pattern.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/uffingtonhorse.jpguffingtonhorseCREDIT: Gunnar Kallo, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Ampstrikehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/imag0380.jpgIMAG0380Heddle made by Åke Erlandssonhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/imag0407.jpgIMAG0407Pick up inkling in progress.2018-05-25T11:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/11/19/there-and-back-again/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/piecing.jpgpiecinghttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bird.jpgbirdBird is an original 19thC cotton print fabric. Flowers, lower left, from an original 1940s' print fabric. Here I was beginning to map out piecing.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/silcarn.jpgsilcarnHaul of car-boot sale vintage cotton and linen thread. Probably a whole two quid's worth!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fw-e1511086884750.jpgFW1956 Singer 221K "Featherweight". Project sewn using this machine. https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_1173-e1511086242987.jpgIMG_117319thC fabric: bird with madder-red background, sleeve. CREDIT: Hazel Masonhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_1175.jpgIMG_1175Original 19thC fabrics - red flowery, next to edging, above sleeve. Black flowery on sleeve. On body (under elbow) cream fabric with bird's body. CREDIT: HAZEL MASONhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_1177.jpgIMG_1177Bilbo's Dressing Gown. CREDIT: Hazel Mason2018-04-26T20:54:14+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/04/26/long-lost-morning-in-a-roundhay-garden/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/leprince-roundhay-originaldirection-frame.pngLeprince-roundhay-originaldirection-framehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/leprince-roundhay-framescopy-1930-nmpft.pngLeprince-roundhay-framescopy-1930-nmpft2018-11-08T21:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/01/02/the-nature-of-errata-the-apparently-cursed-edwardian-fingerless-gloves/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/photo9.jpgphoto(9)2018-04-17T00:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/03/28/lancashire-squares-yorkshireficated/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hap.pnghap© The Knitter 'Hetty', 'The Knitter', 122. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hetty-8https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/blanket-of-love.jpgblanket of loveSee 'Bob's blanket' project, on Ravlery. Squares dyed with madder, weld, cochineal.2018-03-29T12:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/03/23/with-his-head-all-dyed-a-brilliant-magenta-colour/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0176-copy.jpgIMAG0176 - Copyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0206.jpgIMAG0206Logwood dyed Norfolk Horn. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/602550487/50g-norfolk-horn-wool-dyed-with-logwood?ref=shop_home_active_12018-03-23T13:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/03/14/boil-jently-a-nineteenth-century-gentlemans-lip-salve/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/knittercover.jpegknittercover'The Knitter' 122. 'Hetty' hap on cover is based on Lancashire squares.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dandies_of_1831.jpgDandies_of_1831By Glatisant - Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1831, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56935142018-03-14T20:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/03/06/nalbinding-crash-course/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0121-1.jpgIMAG0121 (1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0108.jpgIMAG0108William Solberg'parrot wood'.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0105.jpgIMAG0105End of Week 4 - the grey hat in Korgen stitch was the first of these; the second I made. Used handspun and naturally dyed (madder and logwood) as well as some commercial yarn.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0115.jpgIMAG01154th week. Needles ('parrot' wood and antler, made by William Solberg).https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0114.jpgIMAG0114Day 3 or 4. Slight improvement.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0112.jpgIMAG0112Day 2 - joining in the round.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/imag0110.jpgIMAG0110Day 1's efforts!2019-08-27T14:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/02/22/historical-knitting-to-float-your-boat/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/le-griffon.jpgLe-griffonLe Griffon, 1697, By Father Louis Hennepin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commonshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tk121cover.jpgTK121Cover'The Knitter', issue 121.2018-02-23T14:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2018/01/24/at-old-willys-one-night/2018-01-24T12:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/12/10/opera-muffatees/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0248.jpgIMG_0248https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0239.jpgIMG_0239https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/imag0091_11.jpgIMAG0091_1(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0245.jpgIMG_0245https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/opera-muffatees-chart.jpegOpera Muffatees Chart2017-12-10T17:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/10/27/the-saxton-spindler/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imag0199.jpgIMAG0199Saxton church, October 2017.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imag0217.jpgIMAG0217One side of the memorial stone. Artist: https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/imag0212.jpgIMAG0212Close of up woman with spindle and niddy noddy.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/unknown-local-paper-2004.jpgunknown local paper 20042017-10-30T12:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/10/09/some-knitted-nightcaps-of-the-debtors/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2008-08-19-01-05-50.jpg2008-08-19 01.05.50Clifford's Tower, York. CREDIT: Nat Hunt2017-10-09T10:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/11/09/tazzle-man-returns/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sherb.pngsherbhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/teasel.jpgteaselSherburn teasel, November, 2014https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/imag05731.jpgIMAG0573View of wild teasels, looking across field towards Little Woods.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/imag0573.jpgIMAG0573https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/imag05791.jpgIMAG0579Sherburn-in-Elmet, teasels growing wild, 201 years after 'The Teasel Field'.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/imag0579.jpgIMAG05792017-09-18T08:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/09/01/whilst-i-live-i-crow/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1870s-seal-itself-and-penny-for-scale.jpg1870s seal itself and penny for scalehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170901_111136771-e1504261368940.jpgIMG_20170901_111136771Tin box. Why wasn't I curious enough to open this sooner? CREDIT: Alfhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/scan0044-e1504259469744.jpgScan0044Step-relatives in Folkestone. (1890s?) Aunt Polly in centre. D.HUNThttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_2985.jpgIMG_2985Letter to husband's GGG Aunt. It has cockerel seal on the back. CREDIT: NATE HUNThttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_2990.jpgIMG_2990The seal itself. Gilt, mass produced - my money's on Birmingham as the place where it was made. https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_20170815_143616.jpgIMG_20170815_143616Writing Slope top. It cleaned up well. Mother of pearl with walnut veneer and marquetry. CREDIT: D.HUNThttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/interior.pnginteriorhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-drawer4-e1504257422913.jpga drawer4Secret drawer. We found this in it, written in modern handwriting, on vellum. No, I've no clue, either! The number we found slipped between the ink well and another compartment. No maker's name. CREDIT: D. HUNThttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-drawer2.jpga drawer2Activates this hidden mechanism, and...https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-drawer0.jpga drawer0Lift this bit, and...2018-02-01T21:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/01/15/those-infatuated-creatures-calling-themselves-luddites/2017-08-25T15:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/08/23/the-yorkshire-mudag/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/28acd-2015-05-182b14-49-512b252822529.jpg28acd-2015-05-182b14-49-512b252822529https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/imag0098.jpgIMAG0098https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_20170818_140453539.jpgIMG_20170818_1404535392017-08-23T19:04:40+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/07/17/learn-to-knit-portuguese-style-workshop/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1126.jpgIMG_1126https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/il_570xn-439209787_3d4r_medium4.jpgil_570xn.439209787_3d4r_mediumhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/il_570xn-439209787_3d4r_medium3.jpgil_570xn.439209787_3d4r_medium2017-07-29T08:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/02/11/mr-cravens-wool-combs/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ahalifax.jpgahalifaxhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0678.jpgIMG_0678https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0661.jpgIMG_0661https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0658-e1392136060685.jpgIMG_0658https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0657.jpgIMG_06572017-07-26T10:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/07/13/walking-wheel-how-many-miles-a-month/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/womanspinning-copy.pngwomanspinning - Copy2017-07-16T16:32:22+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/07/07/boring-but-useful-knitting-needle-size-conversion-chart/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cassein-needles.jpgcassein needleshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/imag0069.jpgIMAG0069https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/imag0065.jpgIMAG0065https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scan0033.jpgScan00332021-07-08T19:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/07/03/the-great-great-wheel-experiment/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/hh-logo-4.jpgH&H Logo 4https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_20161010_162509431.jpgIMG_20161010_1625094312017-08-15T16:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/06/29/fabulous-hats/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/york-rowing.jpgyork rowing2017-07-11T15:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/06/23/oceans-of-needlework/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/landgirlpatt2.jpgLandGirlPatt2'Mavis' is a wartime name... right? Image CREDIT: 'The Knitter'https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pwcover.jpgPWcoverhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/imag1954.jpgIMAG1954Tiny Hitty Doll, carved by Wanda Harrigan, https://www.facebook.com/WildhareStudioCreations/2017-06-23T16:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/05/03/the-bewitched-spinning-wheel/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spinning-wheel.jpgspinning wheelIllustration by Marie Hartley, 'The Old Hand-Knitters of the Dales', 1951.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0638.jpgIMG_06382017-05-12T02:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/03/30/rise-up-and-knit/2017-03-30T11:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/02/02/on-reverse-engineering-and-farmers/2017-02-02T15:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2017/01/05/initialise/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-17-08-2016-15-58-49.jpgphoto-17-08-2016-15-58-49https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/s-z1.pngs-zhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/s-z.pngs-zhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-r.pngn-rhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/k-m.pngk-mhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-j.pngf-jhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/a-e.pnga-e2023-02-19T07:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/12/07/cornelia-mee-for-a-comforter-and-the-quest-for-victorian-double-knitting/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/milkboy.pngmilkboy'The Milk Boy', from George Walker's 'Costume of Yorkshire', 1814. Image courtesy Yorkshire Ancestorshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/brontesock.jpgbrontesockFrom Cornelia Mee and Miss Austin’s ‘First Series of The Knitter’s Companion’. 'Child's Sock' Knitted in silk (blue) and wool (cream)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizerender11.jpgfullsizerender11Stocking stitch on both sides!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fullsizerender10.jpgfullsizerender102017-04-15T13:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/11/25/never-spun-on-an-ashford/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_20161105_120944.jpgimg_20161105_120944Seized con-rod screwhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0207.jpgimg_0207Nowhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0210.jpgimg_0210After! (With bonus dog tail)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_20161105_120915039.jpgimg_20161105_120915039Tinkeringhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_20161105_120840588.jpgimg_20161105_120840588Water damage on wheelhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_20161105_120645.jpgimg_20161105_1206452016-11-26T17:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/10/18/lansallos/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cgk82.jpgcgk82Image courtesy Polperro Heritage Presshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/photo-17-08-2016-15-58-49.jpgphoto-17-08-2016-15-58-49https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unspecified.jpegunspecifiedImage Courtesy The Wordsworth Trust. The finest extant pair of Dales gloves. They appear to be handspun, unlike the later millspun gloves.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tkn_103_suppcover.jpgtkn_103_suppcoverImage courtesy 'The Knitter'.2016-10-18T11:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/10/10/spinzilla-2016-2/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20161010_162509431.jpgimg_20161010_162509431AFTER! Spinzilla 2016 haul. 2016-10-11T09:36:35+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/10/02/spinzilla-2016/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0350.jpgimg_0350https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0352.jpgimg_0352Rolags ready to go. Castlemilk Moorit (undyed) and Norfolk Horn shearling (dyed). Plus some carded wool from Natural Born Dyers!2021-11-03T21:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/08/30/inside-the-paracosm-2-22nd-september-1942/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0144-e1472492980247.jpgIMG_0144https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0142.jpgIMG_01422016-08-30T09:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/08/22/of-cardinals-monks-and-rampaging-vikings/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0112.jpgIMG_0112https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_20160822_134621.jpgIMG_20160822_134621https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_20160822_134504324.jpgIMG_20160822_134504324https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0118.jpgIMG_0118https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0071.jpgIMG_00712016-08-30T16:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/08/04/have-a-go-on-a-great-wheel-weekend/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/imag1868_1.jpgimag1868_1https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/imag2029.jpgimag2029https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2009_1021_medium2.jpg2009_1021_medium2The lovely Emma spinning on my Great Wheel at Bolton Castle. Wheel custom built by Jack Greene. CREDIT: Nate Hunthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/512px-nunnington_hall_west.jpg512px-nunnington_hall_westNunnington Hall. By Wehha (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons2016-08-05T08:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/08/01/on-yorkshire-shores/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/the-ropes3.jpgThe Ropes3https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/flamborough61.jpgFlamborough6(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/27612643871_af7b53eeaa_o.jpg27612643871_af7b53eeaa_ohttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/saltwick-bay8-cover-warm.jpgSaltwick Bay8 - COVER warm2016-08-01T08:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/07/18/charlotte-brontes-baby-socks/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_20160717_1556476442.jpgIMG_20160717_155647644(2)Tishie from Journeyman Leather. https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0079.jpgIMG_0079Cornelia Mee and Mary Austin's baby sock (blue), Ecru version based loosely on originalhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_20160717_194252683.jpgIMG_20160717_194252683Misses Mee and Austin (left), and off-piste version (right)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bs50-4close-up-crop1.jpgbs50.4close up crop(1)Charlotte's self portrait in a letter to Ellen Nussey. © The Bronte Societyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/charlotte-bronte-jh-thompson-1850s1.jpgCharlotte Bronte - JH Thompson 1850's(1)Charlotte Bronte, by J.H.Thompson. © The Bronte Societyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bpm_19apr2016_0101.jpgBPM_19Apr2016_010(1)© The Bronte Society2016-08-18T15:22:13+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/07/12/inside-the-paracosm-inside-a-1940s-dolls-house/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fullsizerender1-e1468321959126.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0072.jpgIMG_0072https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0060.jpgIMG_00602019-08-03T15:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/07/01/4340/2016-07-04T02:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/05/06/dales-knitting-alphabets/2016-06-09T00:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/05/04/badger-faced-shenanigans/2016-05-05T08:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/04/21/the-brontes-knitting-sticks/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/8233-bronte_2d00_socks_2d00_550x0_medium.jpg8233.bronte_2d00_socks.jpg_2d00_550x0_mediumInterweave Press: Elizabeth Jackson's 1846 stocking patternhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/knitting-sheaths-2.jpgKnitting sheaths 2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/knitting-sheaths.jpgKnitting sheaths2016-04-21T11:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/04/19/hemingway-mystery/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/imag0036.jpgIMAG00362016-04-30T13:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/04/12/spinner-and-weaver-of-ballyknock-county-mayo/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/imag0164.jpgIMAG0164https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/imag0137.jpgIMAG0137https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/imag0140.jpgIMAG0140https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/imag0136.jpgIMAG01362016-04-14T13:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/04/07/shepherds-hut-other-news/2016-04-07T10:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/03/28/my-pants-are-made-out-of-cotton/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1811.jpgIMAG1811https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag18071.jpgIMAG1807https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag18141.jpgIMAG1814(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1807.jpgIMAG1807https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag18081.jpgIMAG1808(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1808.jpgIMAG1808https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1812_1.jpgIMAG1812_12016-03-28T13:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/03/17/bob-jenkinsons-gansey/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/betty-martin-mary-ann1.pngBetty Martin & Mary Annhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/betty-martin-mary-ann.pngBetty Martin & Mary Annhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bob-jenkinson-revised.pngbob jenkinson revisedhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bob.pngbobhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bob-jenkinson.jpgbob-jenkinson2016-03-22T22:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/03/16/casting-on-a-gansey-and-tishies/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1794.jpgIMAG1794Dales Knitting Belt, called a tishie in Yorkshire and used by professional knitters to knit at speed.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1792.jpgIMAG1792https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1788.jpgIMAG1788https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1790.jpgIMAG17902016-03-16T15:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/03/09/parthenope/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/charting.pngchartinghttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1640.jpgIMAG1640https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/imag1637.jpgIMAG1637https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/intials.pngintialshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/parthenope.pngparthenopehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/filey-walter-fisher-pinkness-girl.pngfiley walter fisher pinkness girl2016-03-09T13:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/02/02/i-was-too-far-out-all-my-life-not-swaving-but-drowning-ii/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/filey14.pngfiley1https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/humber-k-s.pnghumber k & shttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/courtesyyorkshirewaterwaysmuseumgoole.pngCourtesyYorkshireWaterwaysMuseum,Goole2017-02-25T18:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/01/27/river-ganseys-whitby-wyrms/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wyrms.pngwyrms2016-01-28T12:20:30+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/01/20/river-ganseys-ebiezzer/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ebiezzer.pngebiezzer2016-01-22T02:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2016/01/18/uncle-walts-record-off-journeys/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/lillie.jpglilliehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/walt.jpgwalthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/imag1602.jpgIMAG1602https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/imag1603.jpgIMAG1603https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/auntyethelangoras.jpgauntyethelangorashttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/imag1605.jpgIMAG1605https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/southduffiedlmill.jpgsouthduffiedlmillhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/family022.jpgfamily0222016-01-18T18:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/01/09/the-story-of-the-wreck-of-the-general-carleton/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cmm-hz-2719_img_6810.jpgCMM-HZ-2719_IMG_6810Image: Courtesy Polish Maritime Museum Gdanskhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1017125.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACourtesy Polish Maritime Museum, Gdanskhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cmm-hz-3192-1-2_img_6813.jpgCMM-HZ-3192-1-2_IMG_6813Stockings from the wreck. Most likely knitted in Yorkshire, c. 1780. Image courtesy Polish Maritime Museum, Gdansk.2015-12-14T00:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/01/18/ladies-made-happy/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hull-packet.pnghull packet2015-12-14T00:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/01/22/upto-my-stirrups-in-blood/2015-12-14T00:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/02/13/playing-with-a-piece-of-string-the-story-of-a-dentdale-knitter-in-the-retreat-asylum-york/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/18thc-stick.png18thc stickhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf4497.jpgDSCF4497https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf4500.jpgDSCF4500Graveyard at The Retreat, York.2015-12-14T00:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/10/15/gabble-retchets-and-tatter-foals-of-old-yorkshire/2019-01-02T14:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/11/11/the-faux-foundling/2016-04-02T20:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/12/08/knitting-as-punishment/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jules_adolphe_breton_-_jeune_fille_tricotant.jpgjules_adolphe_breton_-_jeune_fille_tricotant2019-06-23T16:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2010/10/07/trunk-no-8/2015-12-13T01:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2010/11/25/bally-balaclavas/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/grandmaanddadwartime1-e1290773341572.jpggrandmaanddadwartimeLillie and Leslie at start of WW2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/grandmaanddadwartime.jpggrandmaanddadwartimeGrandma and dad at start of warhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/12-11-2010-1428221.jpg12-11-2010 14;28;22https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/12-11-2010-000952.jpg12-11-2010 00;09;52"What did you do in the War, daddy?"https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/servicemen12.jpgservicemen1Wartime Knitshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/servicemen11.jpgservicemen1Wartime Knitshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/balaclava-0741.jpgbalaclava 074Wartime Balaclava https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/balaclava-074.jpgbalaclava 074Wartime Balaclava Helmethttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/08-11-2010-142450.jpg08-11-2010 14;24;50Knitting & Crochet Book, 1903https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/balaclava-070.jpgbalaclava 070Nat of the Antarctic2015-12-13T01:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/02/14/william-potter-the-prisoner-of-van-diemans-land/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/eden-camp-011.jpgeden camp 011Clifford's Tower, York Castle2015-12-13T01:32:51+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/03/31/high-end-spinning-schools/2015-12-13T01:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/04/13/stonebreaking-picking-oakum-or-knitting/2015-12-13T01:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/05/19/the-celebrated-pedestrian/2015-12-13T01:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/08/11/the-knitting-mania/2015-12-13T01:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/08/19/why-sir-in-the-days-of-george-the-first/2015-12-13T01:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2011/11/28/adderback-gloves-resurgam/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/adderbackchartc.jpgadderbackchartcChart A2015-12-13T01:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/02/24/mr-dicks-kite/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fabric.pngMorgaine le Fay's Antique TextilesMorgaine le Fay's Antique Textiles2015-12-13T01:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/03/06/bloomers-and-rational-dress-womens-cycling-clothes/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/scotland-0362.jpgscotland 036Cannondale CX bikehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/scotland-0361.jpgscotland 036Cannondale CX4.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/scotland-036.jpgscotland 036Cannondale CX4. Pimped it with a Brooks saddle. Well, 'pimped' it by turning it into a 1950's vicar's bike...https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pash.pngpashPashley Poppy - I know, I know. I'm a fashion victim...https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/citycycling.pngcitycyclingcitycycling2015-12-13T01:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/03/22/the-pointy-end/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-047.jpgcircs 047Ripples and The Mulberry Dyerhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-0501.jpgcircs 050Cableshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-050.jpgcircs 050https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-026-e1332422044261.jpgcircs 0262nd and 4th generation Sigs circshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-033-2.jpgcircs 033 (2)Signatureshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/circs-038.jpgcircs 038L to R: Signature, Addi ordinary, Addi Lace, ChiaoGoo, Aero, Knitpicks2015-12-13T01:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/04/05/mountebank-doctors-ladies-of-easy-access-and-runaway-apprentices/2015-12-13T01:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/05/24/i-see-absolutely-no-ganseys/2015-12-13T01:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/07/13/miss-ryder-rides-again/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sock-0081.jpgsock 008Heelhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sock-008.jpgsock 008Heelhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/missrydersock1.pngmissrydersockKnitted socks have no instep ridge.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/missrydersock.pngmissrydersockVictorian Striped Sock a la Miss Ryder2015-12-13T01:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/09/10/mrs-jackson-of-york-2/2015-12-13T01:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/10/23/stash-enhancement-opportunities-19thc-style/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/december-1836-competing-shops-ads.pngdecember 1836 competing shops ads1836, Battle of the Berlin Shopshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/freak-shows-1823.pngfreak shows 18231823, freak show at 14, Coney Sthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/e-jackson-shop.pnge jackson shopBerlin Rooms, 18402015-12-13T01:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2012/11/29/authoress-and-designer/2015-12-13T00:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/01/03/ori-esque-mitts/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/orisgloves.pngorisgloves2015-12-13T00:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/03/12/her-name-is-finger-paper/2015-12-13T00:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/06/11/wool-scouring-boreray/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-18-33.jpg2013-02-10 13.18.33https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mcgyver.jpgmcgyverhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-05-18.jpg2013-02-10 13.05.18https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-05-05.jpg2013-02-10 13.05.05https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-14-32-14.jpg2013-02-10 14.32.14https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-58-39.jpg2013-02-10 13.58.39https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-43-26.jpg2013-02-10 13.43.26https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-18-20.jpg2013-02-10 13.18.20https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-14-31-54.jpg2013-02-10 14.31.54https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-02-10-13-04-21.jpg2013-02-10 13.04.212015-12-13T00:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/07/17/close-knit-or-nalbinded/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2008-08-28-19-15-42-2.jpg2008-08-28 19.15.42 (2)2015-12-13T00:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/07/26/laughter-the-story-of-david-dawson-the-milnsbridge-poet-incendiarism-by-an-insane-woman/2015-12-13T00:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2013/11/05/in-praise-of-midge-and-fly/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/midge-and-fly-later-period.pngmidge and fly later periodhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/midge-and-fly-1840s1.pngmidge and fly 1840shttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/midge-and-fly-1840s.pngmidge and fly 1840shttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dscf1129.jpgDSCF11292015-12-13T00:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/01/01/the-general-carleton-hat/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whalebone1.pngwhalebonehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whalebone.pngwhalebone2015-12-13T00:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/01/07/good-cop-bad-cop/2015-12-13T00:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/03/18/beyond-the-spin-count/2015-12-13T00:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/07/22/mr-antis-and-his-contrivance/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0652.jpgIMG_0652Ivory inlaid detail, Bankfield, Halifax, Credit: Caro Heyworthhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sticks-catharine-cappe.pngsticks catharine cappeCatharine Cappe. Image Courtesy Long Preston Heritage Project.2015-12-13T00:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/03/27/river-ganseys/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lizzie-lee-1856.pngLizzie Lee, 1856Lizzie Lee, 1856, Reuben Chappel. A Humber vessel.2015-12-12T23:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/03/20/yellow-stockings-of-shame/2015-12-12T23:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/05/08/red-petticoat/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0947.jpgIMAG0947Hastily photographed the finished item (just before dog sat on it again).https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0902.jpgIMAG0902"Before" pic of original waistband. Place material on ground - puppy will sit on it.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0924.jpgIMAG0924Blanket stitching edges. An overcast stitch would probably be more 'authentic'.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0928.jpgIMAG0928Seam showing 2 rows handstitching on right side.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0919.jpgIMAG0919A proper selvedgehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0913.jpgIMAG0913Original machine stitching and tacking stitches on waistband.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0910.jpgIMAG0910Red Flannel petticoat, made early 1980shttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0858.jpgIMAG08581902-ish Jones Family CS machinehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imag0936.jpgIMAG09361910 Singer 66K treadle sewing machine. One of my babies.2021-04-11T09:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/05/26/three-pair-stockings-angola-wellingbro/2015-12-12T23:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/06/09/inside-the-wool-spinning-mistresss-closet/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imag0332.jpgIMAG0332Handspun yarn singles Whitefaced Woodland.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ycm3.pngycm3https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ycm2.pngycm2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ycm1.pngycm12015-12-12T23:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/07/07/nineteenth-century-dog-names/2015-12-12T23:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/09/06/lakeland-colours/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aaapencils.jpgaaapencilshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1401.jpgIMAG1401Hoard!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1391.jpgIMAG1391https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1382.jpgIMAG1382https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1370.jpgIMAG1370https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1330.jpgIMAG1330https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1336.jpgIMAG1336https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1342.jpgIMAG1342https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1325.jpgIMAG1325Graphie mininghttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/imag1337.jpgIMAG13372015-12-12T23:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/08/22/desperately-seeking-e-shoppee/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/needlebar.jpgneedlebarMechanism inside face-platehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/banner.jpgbannerhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shoppee-writing.jpgshoppee writing"E. Shoppee"https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/box.jpgbox1885 casehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/behnd-faceplate.jpgbehnd faceplateBehind the faceplate...https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/underside.jpgunderside130 years' worth of muck!https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/imag1230.jpgIMAG1230https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rusty-12k.jpgrusty 12k1885 Singer 12K BEFOREhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/featherweight.jpgFeatherweight1956 Singer 221Khttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/imag0936.jpgIMAG0936Singer 66K2015-12-11T20:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/12/10/fearnought-but-the-captain/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hull-maritime21.jpghull maritime2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hull-maritime2.jpghull maritime2Courtesy Hull Maritime Museum. Victim William Papper (centre) and suspects; Rycroft, Brand, Yates and Blackburn, in a similar case.2016-03-10T16:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/10/05/october-workshops-cancelled/2015-10-05T08:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/09/30/river-ganseys-striking-tloop-swaving-and-other-yorkshire-curiosities/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/river-ganseys-cover.pngriver ganseys coverRiver Ganseys cover2016-01-07T08:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/06/11/needled/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decmneed4.pngdecmneed4https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decmneed2.pngdecmneed2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decm-need31.pngdecm need3https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/decm-need3.pngdecm need3https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dcmneed61.pngdcmneed6https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dcmneed6.pngdcmneed6https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dcmneed5.pngdcmneed5https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ycmneed1.pngycmneed12015-07-17T03:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/04/14/down-the-slug-pub-and-low-impact-test-dyeing/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0839.jpgIMAG0839Goosegrass in a corner of the dye-plant bedhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jar.jpgjarGoosegrass roots soaking (Fibre not yet added)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0833.jpgIMAG0833Dye garden "After" (well, "So far"!)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0828.jpgIMAG0828Dye garden "Before"https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0830.jpgIMAG0830Cleavers (galium aparine) and their rootshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0836.jpgIMAG0836https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/imag0847.jpgIMAG0847Sloes in flower, Yorkshire Museum of Farming, April, 20152023-01-18T12:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/02/04/talks-and-living-history-springsummer-2015/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/caro1.jpgcarohttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/armley-gw.jpgarmley gwMini Great Wheel at Armley Mills, Leedshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bankfield-gw.pngbankfield gwhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/caro.jpgcaroCaro, as Dorothy Wordsworth, Dove Cottage, 2011.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dcbird.pngdcbirdDove Cottage, Grasmere, in the rain. CREDIT: Nathaniel Hunt2015-02-04T13:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2015/01/08/10-best-patterns-from-pieceworks-historical-knitting-collection/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10best-e1562598388269.png10besthttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/whalebone.pngwhaleboneWhalebone Scrapers, 'Costumes of Yorkshire', George Walker, 18142015-01-08T20:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/12/30/ply-the-worsted-issue-winter-2014/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/skein-gansey.jpgskein ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ply-cover.pngply coverPly magazine, Winter, 20142015-01-04T17:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2010/12/02/wartime-fingerless-gloves/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/scan0004.jpgSCAN0004"Knitted Comforts For Service Men"https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/eden-camp-169.jpgeden camp 169https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fingerless22.jpgfingerless2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fingerless21.jpgfingerless2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fingerless2.jpgfingerless2https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fingerless-001.jpgfingerless 001https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/davebala-003.jpgdavebala 003Knitted Comforts For Servicemenhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/adad1.jpgadadDad, 1947, Palestinehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/adad.jpgadadDad, 1947, Palestinehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ales.jpgales2015-01-01T13:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/11/21/the-old-hand-knitters-of-the-dales-by-marie-hartley-and-joan-ingilby/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hawes6.pnghawes6Knitting needles from Marie's collection, now at the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes. Image credit: Belinda May.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/georgew.pnggeorgewThe G. Walton glove Marie illustrated.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/george21.pnggeorge2Marie Hartley's 1949 wood engraving of George Walton glove, 'The Old Hand-Knitters of the Dales', 1951https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/george2.pnggeorge22015-11-05T14:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/11/11/ww1-ancestors/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nellieandlille.pngnellieandlilleNellie (left) and Lillie, post WW1https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/billie.pngbillieBillie, just after WW1https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo35.jpgphoto(35)2014-12-02T22:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/10/22/a-week-of-rogueishspinning/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spinzilla2014collage.jpgSpinzilla2014collagehttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0366.jpgIMAG0366https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0352.jpgIMAG0352https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0346.jpgIMAG0346https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag03371.jpgIMAG0337(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0333.jpgIMAG0333Grey Shetland, Whitefaced Woodland, cochineal dyed mystery woolhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0320.jpgIMAG0320https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0328.jpgIMAG0328https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0348.jpgIMAG0348Silk from deep, deep stashhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0340.jpgIMAG03402014-10-23T00:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/10/09/on-the-perils-of-not-enough-rolags-and-concerning-being-a-luddite/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0314.jpgIMAG0314Some of Day 2's spinning - Lleyn (white) and Boreray.https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag027311.jpgIMAG0273(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag02731.jpgIMAG0273(1)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0255.jpgIMAG0255Small spindle wheel at Armley Millshttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imag0266.jpgIMAG02662014-10-12T02:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/09/26/the-tazzle-man/2019-03-13T09:26:15+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/09/18/mithrandir-fingerless-mitts-free-pattern/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/allover-diamond.pngallover diamond2014-09-19T12:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/09/12/how-to-be-a-luddite-leeds-wool-week/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ohkdbox.pngohkdbox2014-09-12T18:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/08/19/a-pink-dog-lead/2014-11-10T00:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/08/09/spinning-the-wheels/2014-08-11T08:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/05/10/spinning-the-boss-cow-way/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/singles-gansey2.jpgsingles ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/singles-gansey1.jpgsingles ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/singles-gansey.jpgsingles ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/skein-gansey1.jpgskein ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/skein-gansey.jpgskein ganseyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4770-21.jpgDSCF4770 (2)Skeins of gansey yarnhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4770-2.jpgDSCF4770 (2)https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscf4770.jpgDSCF47702014-07-09T14:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://theknittinggenie.com/2014/06/05/combd-wool-spoild-by-the-patients/https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf4500.jpgDSCF4500York Quaker Cemeteryhttps://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ret-pats-disb-1.pngret pats disb 1A page from Patients' Disbusements, 1804/5https://theknittinggenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hawes3.pnghawes3Dales gloves. (Originally pink and cream). 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