In this kit we have rounded up all the skeins to need to make each and every pattern in the beautiful Bluestockings book – co-edited by Kate Davies and Nicole Pohl. We are so delighted that Kate chose our Exmoor Sock 4ply and Alpaca Supreme Heavy Lace for the patterns in this glorious publication! The book itself brings together a celebration of the group of eighteenth-century learned women known as the Bluestockings, with a wide-ranging exploration of sock and stocking knitting. Click here to pick up a copy of the book, as this kit does not include the book.
Bluestockings features 7 toe up sock designs, 1 shawl and a myriad of informative articles.
- This kit includes:
- Exmoor Sock Yarn (50g skeins):
- Mackerel Sky x 3
- Dimity x 3
- Mizzle x 6
- Whortleberries x 4
- Bibble Bug x 1
- Bell Heather x 2
- Alpaca Supreme Heavy Lace (50g skeins):
- Mr Smoke x 2
- Exmoor Sock Yarn (50g skeins):
The book’s first section features different perspectives on the history of socks and stockings, from expert contributors like Susan North (curator of eighteenth-century fashion at the V&A) and Sonja Bargielowska (one of our very own Mill Folks!). In the book’s second section, essays about creative eighteenth-century women such as Mary Delany and Phillis Wheatley Peters are accompanied by contemporary toe-up patterns for socks and stockings. Among our Bluestocking-inspired designs you’ll find openwork and texture, stripes, chevrons, stranded colourwork, and a go-to sock and stocking recipe named for talented eighteenth-century classicist (and knitter) Elizabeth Carter. Setting top tips about knitting toe-up socks alongside an exploration of historic dyestuffs, and bringing groundbreaking women writers together with accessible, wearable design, this lavishly illustrated volume offers an exciting in-the-round combination of material history, contemporary making, and early feminism.
Contributors: Sonja Bargielowska, Kate Davies, Kristina Decker, Elizabeth Eger, Susan North, Nicole Pohl, Isabella Whitworth.
photo credit @ Kate Davies Designs
Take a look at the video below to hear Sonja and Helena showing off all these beautiful sock designs in detail. This video was published in December, 21:
