From my anonymous (i.e. non-member) lurking on LJ Knitting, I learn that they’ve discovered buffalo yarn from American Buffalo Products. It has been available in a limited manner for a few years, but I’ve never seen it in person myself. … Continue reading
A few years ago, before I kicked the eBay habit, I picked up this gadget: It’s about 9″ in diameter, made of sickly green and ivory plastic (it might have started out in brighter green and white, but yellowed with … Continue reading
Northern climates produce more than musk ox yarn. Knitting yarn has been successfully produced from the skin of fur-bearing creatures, too. Fur yarn is the epitome of exclusivity on two counts. By weight, it’s about twice the price of qiviut; … Continue reading
Canadian Patent No. 535,571 In the 1950s, Mary Maxim, the well-known purveyor of crafting supplies, began selling a series of sweater patterns incorporating alternate views for set-in and raglan sleeves:
U.S. Patent No. 2,435,068 – “Number Knitting” A woman by the name of Virginia Woods Bellamy invented a type of knitting in the 1940s, which she termed “number knitting”. She published a book on the subject in 1952. When I … Continue reading