by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 17, 2016 | craft, Crafts, Designers, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
Deramore shared on twitter, this keepsake treasured picture of Princess Margaret and queen Elizabeth knitting. It was captioned, “#TBT to this fabulous vintage picture of Princess Margaret & the future Queen Elizabeth #knitting! Image via BBC”. See a...
by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 16, 2016 | Crafts, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
Traditional craft skills are helping to save the lives of children born with heart defects in Bolivia. The indigenous Aymara women have centuries of experience of knitting and weaving distinctive woollen hats, sweaters and blankets. Now, they are applying their...
by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 15, 2016 | Crafts, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
The Pace Setters, a Billings Bridge seniors walking and social group, have knit blankets for kids at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario for more than 23 years, and now they’ve offered up their hands in the name of medical research. A small pilot study, led...
by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 15, 2016 | craft, Crafts, Designers, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Knitwear, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
Real knitting The word knitting comes from the Old English cnyttan, meaning “to knot”. What we now call knitting – making a textile by looping yarn using two needles – isn’t much older than 1,000 years and it wasn’t until the Renaissance that wool was used rather than...
by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 14, 2016 | Crafts, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
This is the man who knitted his way out of terrible depression and is now determined to show the world the health benefits of this traditional home craft. Just eight months ago, award-winning cookbook writer and China TV presenter James McIntosh was in such a bad way...
by Anino and Crafters MEdia | Jun 12, 2016 | Crafts, Crochet, Designers, Hand Knitting, Home Crafts, Knitwear, Links and Resources, News, Other Crafts
Teenage designer knits together PLASTIC bags to create elaborate ball gowns Havilah Koledoye, 17, of New Zealand makes gowns out of plastic bags The design student has featured her work at New Zealand Fashion Week She is currently making another gown out of plastic...
