Knitting: a short history

We often take knitted garments for granted, but how did knitting evolve through history?
22 January 2021
Presented by Eva Higginbotham
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Although knitting and other handicrafts are having a bit of a moment during the pandemic as we all try to keep ourselves busy at home, the art and practice of knitting goes back a long way through history. Eva Higginbotham spoke with Loretta Napoleoni, a journalist and author who last year wrote a book about the power, and history, of knitting…

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