VINTAGE KNITTING AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY…

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I bet you didn’t know that The British Library has thousands of vintage and modern knitting patterns in its collections from hair accessories from the 30’s to woollen hot pants from the 70’s.

The British Library held a Spring Festival last week with overt 5 days of creativity, fashion and design at the Library, where over 1,500 people took part, and highlighted a pop up market and exhibition of digital graffiti and vintage knitting.

You can watch the video on the knitting enthusiasts day at http://vimeo.com/37891522 from Buzz Films. Knitting fans met some of the curators and saw some of the period patterns from the Library’s collections and they also made some of their own creations.

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I set up Crafted By B Studio after retiring from writing a blog for over 10 years on chronic pain. As a chronic pain sufferer myself I had always used art as a way to relax and take me away from my pain and stumbled upon paint by numbers by fluke. I was hooked from day one and went into custom paint by numbers as I progressed with my others. Over the past 3 years I have completed over 20 pieces and also made some of my own unique pieces. I am happy to help anyone who might like a custom picture made into a piece of beautiful art using this type of technology. I am also interested in lots of different types of crafts which I enjoy with my 4 grandchildren so my site will have lots of links and posts on mixed crafts and arts.

5 thoughts on “VINTAGE KNITTING AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY…”

    1. I never think of going to the library which is silly really as that’s what we would have done years ago, but now with the internet you just tap it into google.

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