For evidence that knitting is relevant – even to politics – a group of handknitters are knitting for independence, or at least using knit to try to persuade those who have not made up their mind. They are knitting a map of Scotland, which, I have discovered, is not as off the wall as it… Continue reading →
As part of the ‘Knitting in the Round’ network we will be appointing a Knitter-in-Residence at the University of Glasgow. Our ideas for this post are very open and we will be advertising in the New Year. We were inspired by the recent ‘Poet-in-residence’ scheme at the Logan Botanic Gardens but since hearing about that… Continue reading →
We are delighted to announce ‘Knitting in the Round: Hand-Knitted Textiles and the Economies of Craft in Scotland’, a University of Glasgow network supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The network will develop collaborations between a range of sectors: business, heritage, education, tourism and culture and arts; and will explore how historical understandings of… Continue reading →
