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Mantas on the Southern Border
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Mantas on the Southern Border
Passing cultural knowledge can be a two-way street. We most often think of it as the wise elder coaching the child. But what if you flip that?
Stitching allows children to gain competency while wielding a real tool and producing visible results. It also prepares them for later academic work such as writing and mathematics.
His firm turned the Industrial Revolution on its head, returning focus to and respect for handwork. Explore the origins of his design influence.
Records from the distant past don’t say much about women, yet every now and then we get fleeting glimpses of the history of textiles.
Then Athens and the city-state of Sparta got into a long conflict, the Peloponnesian War, and that’s where our latest story about women’s work comes in.
Women have been involved with textiles throughout time; after all, they have been inspired by a goddess!
Discover the colorful origins of the venerable Maison Sajou--a French design and needlework workshop, with a legacy that continues to intrigue stitchers today.
Happy birthday to the teddy bear!
A lifetime of knitting re-created in a cherished pair of socks.
A wonderful collection of vintage tools from across the centuries.
The two-sided Italian cross-stitch is a square, densely textured stitch and is another member of the large cross-stitch family.