Recordings of the Knitting History Forum's annual conference. Includes the following presentations:
Morning
Knitting history in China: from the late 19th century to the early 20th century
Trista Yeung, PhD candidate, University of Hong Kong
The proof of the pattern is in the making: the technology of the crochet pattern in the 1840s and how I got on when I tried to use them
Eleanor Gilchrist, PhD candidate, Newcastle University, UK
KnitWell: examining the use of a knitter's vocabulary in capturing emotional states
Emily Rickard, PhD candidate, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Afternoon
(Re)Constructing the Ballybunion knitted cap: providing a glimpse into the experiences, skills, and time required in the knitting of 16th century knitted caps, utilising experimental archaeology
Ryan Daniel Koenig, an archaeologist specialising in historical textiles, Dublin, Ireland
Bohus Stickning: a network of creativity
Isa Holmgren, Master in Textile Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
Krystyna Chiger: the girl in the green sweater
Elizabeth Baer, Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota,
USA
