I learn about Fair Isle knitting long before I took an earnest interest in knitting. From I started to take an interest in clothes I have had a fascination for 30s and 40s fashion. And having that interest you can’t avoid Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, some of the biggest fashion icons of the 30s. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘knitt sociology’
January 25, 2008
Why do knitting magazines describe almost everything with colour work as Fair Isle?
January 8, 2008
Planning some knee socks
Bought some yarn today :) The producer is Viking Garn. I have never heard of them before, but after looking them up it seems they have been around for quite some time. The yarn feels soft and is going to become knee socks. It was cheap to, about 3 US dollars for a ball, that [...]
September 3, 2007
YarnStandards is a USA based initiative to make guidelines for yarn manufacturers, publishers and designers of patterns to follow when making products for knitting and crochet. It is a good idea actually, it is just that its going to take a very long time to agree on a world standard.
People usually want there own way [...]
