Going out on a limb to say that a 1x1 corrugated ribbing is one of my favorite looks. And a royal pain to #knit 🧶
Nora Howley
@norahowley.bsky.social
Knitter, 🧶 teacher, researcher, questioner Independent researcher looking at the migration of Shetland wool and knitting to the US. Website www.knittingtales.com
Shetland sheep come in many colors from Shetland White to Shetland Black. (drk brown) This shows two skeins of wool, dyed with the same dye formula. The higher one is dyed on to J&S color 2007 Sholmit and the darker is on to J&S 2009 Yuglet. These are the natural colors of #Shetland sheep. 🧶
A #knittinghistory or #fashionhistory question. Can anyone tell me when Shetland yoked sweaters like the one in the picture were first exported to the US. I am assuming it is late 1940s into the 1950s (based on when hand-knitting patterns appear), but would welcome any information. #knitting 🧶
A #knittinghistory 🧶(a🧵) Starting in the 1950s college women are an important part of the images of commercial knitting patterns in US. Not surprisingly, most are white. But in 1969's "Sweater Bazaar", Columbia Minerva integrated the campus. The yellow is "Vassar" and the red is "Georgetown" 1/3
The remainder of this thread will be political pieces. First, general 2026 politics, not specifically about Minnesota. I've tried to provide context in the alt text, but I happily accept corrections and additional information. I can't add them to the alt text but they can be part of the thread.
She Popularized Economics. Then She Was Erased From History. Why? By Jeanna Smialek Maria Edgeworth sneaked economic theory into her best-selling novels. Two centuries later, a new book finally gives her the credit she deserves.
“The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth”: An Economist, Erased (Gift Article)
Maria Edgeworth sneaked economic theory into her best-selling novels. Two centuries later, a new book finally gives her the credit she deserves.
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#FashionHistory Can anyone help me date (approx) these two young women? The picture was taken in either Hamburg (more likely) or Berlin. Thank you in advance.
#knittinghistory question for @lynncabrams.bsky.social or another member of the Fleece to Fashion project, or anyone else. I am writing on Shetland sweaters in the US mid-20th century. Any ideas on which mill was/is making "Shaggy Dog" label sweaters for JPress? Thanks in advance. 🧶#knitting
Some baby socks for a mom/family whose life has been upended by ICE. Pattern from the extremely talented @kateatherley.bsky.social and wool from Ripples Craft.
James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women.
‘The uprising on 10 August 1680 was one of the most successful acts of Indigenous resistance against colonialism and is sometimes called the first American revolution.’ @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on America before 1776, published online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rebecca Solnit · Before 1776
In 1848, the US seized the northern half of Mexico, from California to New Mexico, and imposed American law and the...
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And Ohio Knitting Mills translated it into a ready to wear piece that retailed for less than $30. A hand knitting version is in Stephen Tatar’s 2010 book. 🧶
Arthur David Spota@adaspota.bsky.social · 3mo agoYves Saint Laurent launched a series of knit dresses inspired by paintings of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Published in Vogue Paris, 1965. #YvesSaintLaurent #60sFashion #Vogue
Must read if you think you know southern history.
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Spent a couple of hours today at my local farmers market with other knitters and taught two people to knit. Sent them home with wool and needles to help them keep going. 🧶 build community.
Highlight of 1976 Smithsonian Folklife Festival as a high school student was seeing Utah Phillips
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4mo ago#OtD 23 May 2008 folk singer, labour organiser and @iww member, Utah Phillips, died aged 73. He regularly performed classic IWW songs, like 'There Is Power in a Union', 'Solidarity Forever' and 'The Preacher and the Slave', all available in this songbook: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
Stitches in time: the artist chronicling the DRC’s blood-soaked history in embroidery
Stitches in time: the artist chronicling the DRC’s blood-soaked history in embroidery
Using handmade needles and thread, Lucie Kamusekera has recorded the decades of conflict she has lived through in the Congo
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Do you use a screen reader? The RGS journals are introducing alt text for all article figures, and we want to hear from you. What best practices would you like to see, and what are the most common mistakes you notice in your academic reading? Comment below or get in touch at journals@rgs.org.
I know there is a lot of awfulness, .but I can still giggle when Powerpoint autogenerates alt-text and reads a #knitting chart as a QR code. This is why we check our alt-text. 🧶
When the Wall Street Journal discovers #knitting and a bit of fandom. #sweaterknitting 🧶 www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
The Year’s First Blockbuster Movie Also Spawned a Hit Sweater
The snag is: You have to knit the fox-emblazoned cardigan Ryan Gosling wears in “Project Hail Mary” yourself.
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650 people on all 4 corners of one suburban intersection in Wheaton, MD #NoKings
Our Advocacy and Partnerships Co-Chair @joannasilver73.bsky.social spoke with @therealnews.com about Break the Bonds legislation in the Maryland General Assembly ⬇️
Jaisal Noor@jnoor.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinclair/Fox45 framed MD's pension divestment campaign as antisemitic. I spoke with the Jewish organizers leading the effort about why they say that framing is wrong — and why a growing number of Americans don’t want public funds financing Israel’s war machine. www.instagram.com/insights/med...
quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free
Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.
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Check it out: museums.fivecolleges.edu
Groundbreaking collaboration: New Five College museums website unlocks access to more than 100,000 objects online - Daily Hampshire Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — More than 100,000 objects in the shared collections of the five college campus art museums in Northampton, Amherst and South Hadley, and at Historic Deerfield, are accessible to the publ...
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