The Aran Sweater’s Two Lives: A Red 1937 Cardigan and a Fisherman’s Myth
A red cardigan in the National Museum of Ireland complicates the familiar Aran-sweater image. Follow the island knitters, markets and myths through the records.
A Hat and a Calendar Belt Are Not the Same Cloth: Knitting and Weaving on Taquile
On Taquile, the chullo is knitted while the calendar belt is woven. Explore how distinct techniques carry community knowledge across generations.
Two Pairs of Socks and 193 Pages: Knitting in New Zealand, 1915
A 1915 New Zealand knitting book links pattern instruction with wartime sock relief. Its pages also reveal what the archive leaves unknown.
Open at the Foot, Bright at the Cuff: Reading Four Czech Knitted Objects
Explore four Czech knitted objects through stitch structure, colour and museum records, from stockings to garments worn in daily life.
Rosita Missoni: How Color Became a Wearable Language
Read Rosita Missoni’s story through archive records and museum garments, from a Gallarate basement workshop to an internationally known knitwear house.
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.