From Hand to Front: Australian Wartime Knitting, Sock Patterns, and the Work of Sending Comforts

Sock rulers, wartime guides and archive photographs reveal how Australian knitters made, checked and sent comforts to service members.

Five Caps from the Ice: Reading Dutch Whalers’ Knitted Headwear

Five Rijksmuseum wool caps from Spitsbergen reveal different ways to knit for Arctic cold—and what archaeology can and cannot tell us about their wearers.

Ninety Figures at the Edge: The Textile Known as “The Paracas Textile”

A Nasca mantle at the Brooklyn Museum combines a woven center with a border of three-dimensional cross-knit looping—and an unresolved cultural history.

Five Dutch Fishermen’s Sweaters, Five Ways to Read a Coast

Five sweaters worn by Dutch fishermen reveal how coastal communities used knitwear for work, identity and local style.

One Rose, Many Hands: Marit Emstad and the Selbu Mittens

Marit Emstad’s story is a Selbu knitting tradition, not a simple invention myth. Read the museum records behind the mittens, their makers, and their market.

A Factory Was a Town: Salhus and the Making of Norwegian Knitwear

See how Salhus grew into a Norwegian knitting town through factory labour, company housing, machine production and the workers behind the archive.

Knitting in Japan Since 1890: Patterns, People and Tools

A 24-book study, Haruyo Etō’s crochet notation, changing tools and today’s online designers reveal how Japanese knitting instruction has evolved.

From Shanghai Yarn Shops to Online Patterns: The People Who Record Chinese Knitting

From Shanghai yarn shops to Hong Kong’s documented 1950s factory process, explore distinct records of knitwear trade, production and online patterns.

Five Fingers on a Machine: The Records of Chemnitz’s Knitting Industry

Trace Chemnitz’s knitting machinery from the 1851 Hilscher works to Schubert & Salzer hosiery machines through museum records and surviving objects.

The Unfinished Sock: Nellie Blaine and the Names Behind Australia’s Wartime Knitting

An unfinished sock, a Red Cross measuring ruler, and photographs from five Australian communities reveal the people and records behind wartime knitting.