When it comes to the history of knitting, the story of aboriginal Australia is often forgotten. Not least because much of it was almost lost. The ancient history of textiles in Aboriginal Australia an... Read More
The 80s and 90s were the awkward decades of digitalisation. During this era the world was adjusting to mobile phones, home computers, and of course, video games. While the relationship between knittin... Read More
Accidents do happen but they usually don’t entail a positive result. William Henry Perkin certainly wasn’t looking to paint the world when he was attempting to improve the medication of Malaria. But a... Read More
The cultural development between the Old World and the New World diverged in entirely unique ways. Within the Norte Chico culture of pre-Columbian America, there is no evidence of pottery, but structu... Read More
The humble origins of the Industrial Revolution owes much to the tenacious spirit of a knitting love-story. William Lee, of Calverton near Nottingham, invented a mechanical knitting machine in 1559 to... Read More
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern remnants of the Rome Empire, which finally met its demise at the fall of Constantinople in 1204 at the behest of a rampaging Ottoman Empire.Much like the Romans, t... Read More
The incredible experience you have with your HiyaHiya Bamboo Knitting Needles starts from humble beginnings. The exceptional quality isn’t a coincidence, with innovative technology designed in-house,... Read More
HiyaHiya is well-known for its exceptional interchangeable knitting needle range. Beneath the amazing knitting range, accompanied with indispensable accessories, lies another astonishing product – Hiy... Read More
We’re all familiar with sheep and alpaca wool, but have you ever knitted with yarn from a camel?As the Russian Civil War reached its end, the defeated Whites retreated to China where they were interne... Read More
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re going to be looking at the ways throughout history that women have used craft as a form of activism and political resistance. We’ve looked previously... Read More
