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International Women’s Day, so here’s a quick post about the nineteenth century needlewoman and how she lived, and created her art, or was prevented from creating her art, plying the needle. More on this can be found in Chapter 4 of my new book, ‘Their Darkest Materials’, “The Small Woman – the Nineteenth Century Needlewoman” […]
‘The Knitter’, Issue 100, is out now and in the shops. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth, this year, I’ve contributed an article about a fascinating and previously unknown piece of knitting; a pair of baby socks, made for Charlotte’s baby, which were destined never to be worn. […]
Today (April 21st) is the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth. To celebrate, here is the text of a piece I wrote for a magazine, in 2012. This piece concentrates on the knitting sticks in the Bronte Parsonage Museum’s collection. As well as sticks, there are extant Bronte textiles, including knitted items. Recently, […]
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