In comparison with needlework, knitting has always been regarded as a rather humble domestic art, and consequently less critical attention has been paid to its representation in fictional literature. In this article, Mrs Brown, the knitting protagonist of A. S. Byatt’s short story, “Art Work” (1994), provides a lens through which themes of inequality and injustice in social, political, racial, and sexual contexts are explored in relation to the “knitting-woman” as she appears in novels written between 1840 and 1940. The act of knitting is based on the repetition of two stitches, plain and purl, creating a fabric by moving forwards and backwards, and on the shaping of a garment by increasing or decreasing stitches. This article replicates th...
Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversio...
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clo...
In Material Culture and Domestic Texts: Textiles in the Texts of Warner, Adams, Wilson, Sadlier, St...
In comparison with needlework, knitting has always been regarded as a rather humble domestic art, an...
In this paper I want to tease out threads in the socio-economic narrative of fibre arts by using the...
Picture a woman working diligently in solitude on a task that requires great patience and skill to p...
The very impetus of this study — to examine the representations of craft in literatur...
This paper explores the effect of yarn-bombing on the cultural value of knitting. While it has been ...
Despite, or perhaps because of its familiar role in society, knitting has often been considered as ...
Dangerous, magical women live in a world which explores queerness and antagonistic female relationsh...
Knitting is ubiquitous, an unremarkable part of everyday life that tends to fade into the historical...
Subversion is at the heart of my knitting practice but how can the stereotypical image of the knitte...
This paper explores the language of knit as a key influence on its status as an artform and craft. T...
A paper based around a selection of my own knitted works, Knitted Homes of Crime (2002), How to make...
Thinking of social media participation in terms of doing work may seem a strange proposition. Yet, s...
Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversio...
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clo...
In Material Culture and Domestic Texts: Textiles in the Texts of Warner, Adams, Wilson, Sadlier, St...
In comparison with needlework, knitting has always been regarded as a rather humble domestic art, an...
In this paper I want to tease out threads in the socio-economic narrative of fibre arts by using the...
Picture a woman working diligently in solitude on a task that requires great patience and skill to p...
The very impetus of this study — to examine the representations of craft in literatur...
This paper explores the effect of yarn-bombing on the cultural value of knitting. While it has been ...
Despite, or perhaps because of its familiar role in society, knitting has often been considered as ...
Dangerous, magical women live in a world which explores queerness and antagonistic female relationsh...
Knitting is ubiquitous, an unremarkable part of everyday life that tends to fade into the historical...
Subversion is at the heart of my knitting practice but how can the stereotypical image of the knitte...
This paper explores the language of knit as a key influence on its status as an artform and craft. T...
A paper based around a selection of my own knitted works, Knitted Homes of Crime (2002), How to make...
Thinking of social media participation in terms of doing work may seem a strange proposition. Yet, s...
Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversio...
Knitting shapes have long been defined by the human form. By moving the context of knitting from clo...
In Material Culture and Domestic Texts: Textiles in the Texts of Warner, Adams, Wilson, Sadlier, St...