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The Center for Knit and Crochet is building a free, open-access digital museum where collections big and small, famous and personal, finally have a home.
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The Center for Knit and Crochet is building a free, open-access digital museum where collections big and small, famous and personal, finally have a home.
You've loved learning about this extraordinary artisan and scientist, and now you can stitch one of his doilies, too!
Season 14, Episode 5: Best known for his work with peanuts, renowned agricultural scientist George Washington Carver had a lifelong passion for needlework. Park Ranger Curtis Gregory shares stories about Carver’s interests in handwork and natural dyeing.
Learn the story of a determined dressmaker and her daughters and their precious Irish lace wedding jacket from 1881.
A trinity stitch pattern from the late 1800s finds new life in this modern-day cowl design.
Discover George Washington Carver’s quiet lifelong passion for crochet and fancywork and download free crochet patterns for his swatches.
Discover the crochet lace of Orvieto, Italy, a fragile inheritance of skill, memory, and place, preserved against the pull of time.
Season 13, Episode 9: Ethereal, durable, ornamental, powerful—what does lace mean to you? Through academic study and the work of her hands, Elena Kanagy-Loux teaches that lace is all of these things and more.
Season 13, Episode 7: If you couldn’t finish your needlework or craft project, what would become of it? A volunteer organization founded by two knitters wants to make sure it gets into the hands of your loved ones.
Our annual multi-craft eBook is here, bringing together 14 stunning patterns across knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and weaving.
We’re thrilled to share our newest eBook release, In Good Hands: Five Historical Glove Patterns, a collection that celebrates the artistry and cultural history of handmade gloves.
Add to your crochet skills—and your wardrobe—with this lacy project.
Season 12, Episode 7: Whether knitting for sale when she was a child or for joy as an adult, Hazel Tindall brings her creativity and her Shetland heritage into every speedy stitch.