Author, designer and knitting ‘expert’ Susan Crawford, has long been fascinated by the link between social and fashion history. One of the most obvious examples of this connection occurred during the WW11. In June 1941, clothes rationing was introduced throughout the UK due a nationwide shortage of raw materials. During this talk Susan will cover the impact of the war and rationing on the wool industry and the changes it brought about. Susan will discuss how clothes rationing worked and explain how knitting and repairing became a huge part of the war effort with the ‘Make Do and Mend’ campaign and will share some helpful hints we can all carry through to modern-day life.
Susan has been involved in the wool and yarn industry for over 25 years. Now as an author, publisher, designer, teacher, yarn producer and until recently, a tenant farmer, Susan runs her yarn business from her wool studio in Staveley. Susan specialises in British wools for hand knitting, spun to her exact requirements and sent to the studio to be hand dyed and sold all over the world. Susan's books contain knitting patterns, the history of the knitting industry and hand knitting. Her main area of interest is knitted fashions of the early twentieth century.
This talk is a wonderful addition to visiting "The Longest Yarn 2 " in Exhibition in Hall 1. A 3D display of D Day, knitted and crocheted by a community of people from all over the world. 80 x 3D knitted and crocheted displays which focus on Britain at War from 3 September 1939 to VE Day on 8 May 1945. In beautiful detail and all to scale, it will focus on all aspects of life from rationing, evacuees and the blitz, to the grim headlines during Britain’s darkest hour and the euphoria of peace.
1h 30m
Susan has been involved in the wool and yarn industry for over 25 years. Now as an author, publisher, designer, teacher, yarn producer and until recently, a tenant farmer, Susan runs her yarn business from her wool studio in Staveley. Susan specialises in British wools for hand knitting, spun to her exact requirements and sent to the studio to be hand dyed and sold all over the world. Susan's books contain knitting patterns, the history of the knitting industry and hand knitting. Her main area of interest is knitted fashions of the early twentieth century.
This talk is a wonderful addition to visiting "The Longest Yarn 2 " in Exhibition in Hall 1. A 3D display of D Day, knitted and crocheted by a community of people from all over the world. 80 x 3D knitted and crocheted displays which focus on Britain at War from 3 September 1939 to VE Day on 8 May 1945. In beautiful detail and all to scale, it will focus on all aspects of life from rationing, evacuees and the blitz, to the grim headlines during Britain’s darkest hour and the euphoria of peace.
1h 30m