Llamas and Alpacas were domesticated by the Incas in the higher Andes Mountains near Lake Titicaca around 4,000 B.C. They were able to utilise poor quality forage from elevations of 3,000-5,000 feet a... Read More
It had often been assumed that the Vikings brought knitting to the people of the Arctic circle. Viking settlers predate Columbus by several hundred years, and they no doubt had a vast impact on the In... Read More
Silk was first developed in ancient China. The earliest examples of silk were found in the tombs of Jiahu, dating back 8,500 years. Silk fabric from 3630 BC was used as wrapping for the body of a chil... Read More
Cutting fabric into shapes and sewing the pieces together has been used to create garments since the eighteenth century. From the 1970s companies researched more efficient technologies that produced... Read More
Around the middle of the 14th century, something curious happened. Catholicism and the influence of the Papal State at its peak, and the Virgin Mary was appearing in paintings and other forms of art a... Read More
The origins of hand spinning are thought to date back to the Paleolithic period, with the discovery of loin cloth in France, carbon-dated back to 25,000 B.C.E. While it’s easy to look back at such a p... Read More
The technique of tambour embroidery is thought to have originated in India and found its way to Europe by the 18th century, where it would inspire the development of crochet. Tambour itself saw its or... Read More
Pompeii is famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins. While the city was completely destroyed by the eruption, the ash that quickly settled was able to preserve some of the... Read More
The Industrial Revolution was an explosion of ideas, with inventions rarely happening in isolation. The Spinning Mule is a fantastic example of how one invention inspired another, continuing the innov... Read More
It is with humbled gratitude that HiyaHiya Europe can announce our nomination for Best Knitting Needle/Accessories Range in the British Knitting and Crochet Awards 2018.Without our dedicated fans, who... Read More
