This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain’s Knitted History
September 18, 2019 - Comment
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As wonderful inside as out I knew nothing about knitting, and I loved reading this book. Just the right balance of personal story and objective wool/knitting history, with a wide range of topics covered and some very insightful thoughts. Beautifully written – and that cover is divine.
A personal journey that is erudite and joyful From Shetland to the Channel Isles, and the Isle of Man to Ireland’s Aran Islands, Esther Rutter deftly knits together the many different strands of British knitting traditions and social histories, drawing in linguistic and ethnographic glimpses from around the world. The picture she creates is warm and rich.Alongside the yarns about yarn, this is also a very personal journey – a diary of individual and collective craft. As an unruly and badly behaved knitter (blush – I don’t really…
Knit your way round the British Isles Part travelogue, part social history, this book weaves together much about the history of Britain as told through the regional garments of Britain. I really enjoyed reading the etymology of words used in knitting as well as learning about the history of the agriculture, the communities of Britain and the clothing described.The foundations of many towns were built on the profits of the wool trade from the towns of the Cotswolds to the church towers of Norfolk. The book also looks at the…