In January 1864, a Swedish monthly publication for fashion and fancywork commenced publication with the title Iduna, a Norse goddess associated with femininity and knowledge. Iduna, Journal for the Tasks and Concerns of Women, with Supplementary Patterns for Counted and Free Embroidery, Crochet, and Knitting, plus Fashion Plates. It was the latest in a series of… Continue reading Tunisian crochet in Sweden in the 1860s
Month: June 2019
Scottish and shepherd’s knitting revisited
Several accounts of the history of crochet in early Victorian fancywork texts mention a transition to it from shepherd’s knitting that began in the second half of the 1830s. One such statement is found in the 1844 edition of My Crochet Sampler by Frances Lambert. Crochet — a species of knitting originally practised by the peasants in… Continue reading Scottish and shepherd’s knitting revisited
