New piece of writing for @womenslibrary.bsky.social#cricket#womenscricket#scottishhistory#suffragettes

Beyond the Boundary | Glasgow Women's Library

In 1934, four of the Scotland women’s cricket team from sailed to Australia to play for England.

The talk I did for the National Archives about the @womenslibrary.bsky.social#knitting#knittinghistory#fashionhistory

Knitting the Spare Rib ‘Women’s Woolly’: Making and Remaking the Archive

YouTube video by The National Archives UK

Not saying the knit stockings were my favourite part but knitting is my thing...

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Day 2 of the 'Making Historical Dress' conference at DMU in Leicester. Paula Hohti's keynote on recreating 17th century stockings from Turku in Finland.

Day 2 of the 'Making Historical Dress' conference at DMU in Leicester. Paula Hohti's keynote on recreating 17th century stockings from Turku in Finland.

Am I going to start thirstposting on Sky? If these are the posts, absolutely.

Ssardonicus.euFeb 22, 2024 4:11pm

Miss Nora Kerin, edwardian stage actress. 1907 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Ke...

My last blog post for Glasgow Women's Library on making Spare Rib jumpers! 🧶♀️

Knitting the Woman’s Woolly: Part 4 – ReKnitting the Woman’s Woolly

In the last of the series, how changes in the culture of knitting influenced the economics of knitting and how Becky’s jumper was made.

Funnily enough, I watched Starship Troopers last night and whaddayaknow

💕🌈 Whether you've got a Valentine today or not, celebrate LGBTQ+ love and enjoy these charming excerpts found in letters exchanged between #AnneListerwww.packedwithpotential.org/community/an...

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A string of new exhibitions shows that textile art is finally being taken seriously

The historical association of textiles with gender, sexuality and identity norms make them ripe for subversion and reimagining

Queen of Clubs, Margaret Macdonald, 1909.