socks – knitting through the back loop

Dutch, 19th century print of woman sitting at a garden table. A kettle is on a stove by her side and her feet are propped on a stool.

In this fourth instalment of the ‘always knitting’ series, the focus is on knitting in Scotland in the late 19th century. In his account in The Queen magazine (an earlier form of the modern day Harper’s Bazaar), the writer E.B.T. comments on the surprising ubiquity of knitters in Scotland, noting this activity goes… Continue reading From the archives: Every other woman in Scotland knits…