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SUMMARY:Knitting History Forum Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the Knitting History Forum annual online conference for an interesting range of presentations on knitting techniques and traditions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy your ticket on Eventbrite here. \nSaturday 7 February 2026 – online – 11.15am to 5.30pm GMT \nThis event will be held live online via Eventbrite and Zoom. Please note – If you cannot attend on the day but would like to watch recordings of the presentations\, please buy a ticket for the event in advance. It will not be possible to access the recordings without a valid ticket for the conference and they will not be available to buy after the event has taken place. \nPlease log into your Eventbrite account and update Zoom ahead of the start time \nConference programme \n11.15am: Online arrivals \n11.20am: Welcome by Professor Sandy Black\, Knitting History Forum Chair \n11.30am-12.05pm: \nThe development of circular knitting needles during the 20th century (see image below) \nSusan Webster\, collector and researcher of knitting tools\, Melbourne\, Australia \n12.05-12.40pm: \nShetland fine lace knitting: an overview of history and design \nCarol Christiansen\, Curator of Collections\, Shetland Museum & Archives\, Scotland \n12.40-1.15pm: \nThe Fair Isle knitting collection at National Museums Scotland: history\, craft and identity \nHelen Wyld\, Senior Curator of Historic Textiles\, National Museums Scotland \n1.15-2.30pm: Refreshment break \n1.45-2.20pm: Refreshment break with group chats for “show & tell” or discussions \n2.30–3.05pm: \nFrom Shetland sheep to US knitters: exploring the history of Shetland wool in handknitting in the United States 1848 to 1990 \nNora Howley\, knitting researcher and educator\, founder of Knitting Tales\, USA \n3.05–3.40pm: \nThe multi-stranded history of hand knitting in Appalachia \nEmily Hilliard\, Folklorist at Berea College\, Kentucky\, USA \n3.40–4.15pm: \nKnitting the pieces together: fragments of knitted stockings from the Swedish warship Vasa 1628 \nJosefin Lindegren\, design and art historian\, Skansen Museum\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n4.15-4.50pm: \nThe undelivered sweater: a 200-year-old knitting time capsule \nAmanda Bevan\, Prize Papers Team Leader\, & Marina Casagrande\, Prize Papers Project Conservator\, at The National Archives; with Margretha Nónklett\, Head of Ethnology\, & Noomi í Dali\, Lecturer in Textile Arts\, Faroe Islands National Museum\, Denmark \n4.50-5.00pm: Thanks and closing remarks \n5.00-5.20 pm: Informal chat (optional) \n5.20pm: Close \nPlease note that there may be changes to the published programme \nThe conference will be recorded and ticketholders will have unlimited access to the recordings soon after the event. There will be a password protected link to the recordings. It will not be possible to download the presentations. \nPlease note – If you cannot attend on the day but would like to watch recordings of the presentations\, please buy a ticket for the event in advance. It will not be possible to access the recordings without a valid ticket for the conference and they will not be available to buy after the event has taken place. \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/knitting-history-forum-conference-2026
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