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Scientific research now validates what die-hard knitters have long known in their hearts: the power to manage stress, to control well-being, and to recover from certain physical injuries often lies in one’s own hands.
In the vein of “no idle hands,” children took up needles, knitting everything from simple projects to socks, to aid soldiers during the Civil War.
Simple items that created an entertaining toy and sometimes a lasting memento in the 1800’s.
I have worn out three pairs of shoes . . . and a part of the time my feet have had nothing between them and the rough stones.
The sock patterns I’ve listed here are not for lazy women by any means.
Allow me to introduce four rare, valuable sheep breeds and their delightful wools. For each breed, both spun yarns and fleeces are available, at the very least through Internet sources.
We own a number of 19th-century needlework books and pamphlets, and let me tell you—they are FASCINATING. And sometimes comical, sometimes puzzling, to the modern crafter.
Learned about Orkney and Dutch gansey patterns.
