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This is a beaded collar accessory designed to be worn over a sweater or top to dress it up. I made this to support and participate in CKC's Collar-Along Make-Along activity -- a make-along held in 2025 that was created to call attention to the beauty…

The Center for Knit and Crochet’s July 2021 newsletter, In the Loop, invited readers to join a “What’s Your Favorite Vintage?” make-along. My mind immediately went to the knitted Armadillo Wrap from Angela Jeffs’ book, Wild Knitting (1979). I had…

Long-time CKC Board member and Treasurer Marilyn Huset shared a pair of crocheted bears to CKC’s Community Collection: Crocheted Teddy Bears http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28639 CKC’s Board of Directors was charmed by the…

Spindles, Peru, 2017.   As an avid spinner, I was eager to bring home some spindles from our hiking trip to Peru in 2017.  Our guide helped me find them during a visit to a weaving and textile cooperative called the Asociacion Civil Apu Salkantay,…

I traveled to Scotland with my husband in about 1998. He had cancer at the time and he wanted to make one last trip -- he chose England as his destination, and I said that if we went there, we would also have to go to Scotland, so I could enjoy…

A blue kimono with floral embroidery down the back. The embroidery is done in shades of yellow, blue, pink, and green, and depicts five yellow roses with several smaller flowers and vines as accents.

A Type A-2 leather Tuskegee Airman jacket worn by Woodrow W. Crockett. The jacket is dark brown leather with a fabric lining. It has a snap-flap patch pocket on either size of the zipper at waist level with knit cuffs and waistband. On the left…

Three-piece yellow knitted wool jersey ensemble. Jacket has jewel neckline, bracelet-length sleeves, narrow cuffs, curved seams, mock flap pockets above bustline. Skirt front has inverted pleat. Bodice has jewel neckline, cap sleeves. Clothing label:…

Three-piece yellow knitted wool jersey ensemble. Jacket has jewel neckline, bracelet-length sleeves, narrow cuffs, curved seams, mock flap pockets above bustline. Skirt front has inverted pleat. Bodice has jewel neckline, cap sleeves. Clothing label:…

Globe Knitting Works is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at Work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar gives a history of the company, which was started by Norwegian immigrant E.A. Clemmons in 1897, and describes the process by which…

Three-faced composition baby doll has a happy face, a crying face, and a sleeping face (Smily, Weepy, and Sleepy). On top of the head is a knob used to swivel the head. The happy face has blue eyes. A knob at the top of the head turns the faces. The…

Three-faced composition baby doll has a happy face, a crying face, and a sleeping face (Smily, Weepy, and Sleepy). On top of the head is a knob used to swivel the head. The happy face has blue eyes. A knob at the top of the head turns the faces. The…

KWEX-TV (Univision) had a long history of airing local and regional music and dance programs, and promoting local artists. In the 1990s, the station produced Tejano USA that showcased Tejano artists, many of whom were just starting their careers. The…

KWEX-TV (Univision) had a long history of airing local and regional music and dance programs, and promoting local artists. In the 1990s, the station produced Tejano USA that showcased Tejano artists, many of whom were just starting their careers. The…

21 Oct 2022

21 Oct 2022
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