Knitting Education in Portugal: From Hand-Knitting Workshops to Textile Design

Compare Portugal’s hand-knitting workshops, Poveira sweater training and textile-design programmes by curriculum, assessment and award.

Knitting Qualifications in Portugal: The Level 5 Knit Design Standard and MODATEX CET

Portugal’s national catalogue lists a Level 5 qualification in textile knit design. Learn how it differs from hand-knitting credentials, the earlier MODATEX CET and current course availability.

Knitting Qualifications in Spain: Hand-Knitting Certificates and Industrial Knitwear Training

Official Spanish knitting-related qualifications focus on industrial machine knitting rather than a national hand-knitting teacher licence. This guide compares TCP678_2, the 2025 professional certificate, vocational study, the older TCPP0712 route, and recognition of workplace skills.

Learning to Knit in Spain: From a First Stitch to Textile Engineering

Explore Spain’s textile vocational routes, the 710-hour industrial knitting certificate, UPC knitted-structure courses and hand-knitting workshops.

Knitting, Design and Dissent in Denmark: Jensen, Hofstätter, and Hønsestrik

Explore three Danish knitting stories: Åse Lund Jensen’s design work, the collaborative 1973 Hønsestrik book, and Isabel Berglund’s participatory art.

The Work Behind the Yoke: Emma Jacobsson and Bohus Knitting

Explore Emma Jacobsson and Bohus Stickning through its designs, paid home knitting and the women whose labour sustained the Swedish project.

Can Marfà: How Mataró Turned Knitted Loops into an Industry

Five machines at Mataró’s Can Marfà museum reveal how fibres became knitted cloth, finished surfaces and garments—and whose work made that process possible.

Two Sea Mittens a Week: Children’s Work in Iceland’s Knitting History

Two sea mittens a week: read the records and objects that reveal how child knitters contributed to Iceland maritime work.

Mending, Memory and the Tikkuröijy Sweaters of Hailuoto

Three Finnish museum records trace Hailuoto’s tikkuröijy from a mended 1940s sweater to later makers, reconstruction and living practice.

Annichen Sibbern Bøhn and the 1929 Book That Made Regional Knitting Legible as Norwegian

Explore how Annichen Sibbern Bøhn documented regional Norwegian knitting in 1929, while keeping the original makers and later chart designers in view.