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Knitting and Crochet: Further reading

This guide is in support of knitting and crochet workshops given by the UGA Libraries, Spring 2023.

Recent articles

The Revolutionary Power of a Skein of Yarn from the New York Times; may need an account to read

Yarn and Art

Pnit from Pneuhaus

Knitting Software Automatically Converts 3D Models into Machine-Knit Stuffies (Hackaday.com)

Knitting clock makes you a scarf for next year (Hackaday.com)

Yarn and Science

Robotic Knitting: Re-Crafting Human-Robot Collaboration Through Careful Coboting ebook preview from Google Books

Operation Hilarious Knitting Disaster: The AI that tried to learn to knit from Interweave

How Crochet Tik-Tokers Uncovered ChatGPT's Kryptonite from Daily Beast

History of hand knitting from the Victoria & Albert Museum

History [of knitting] 101 from Knitty

Knitting collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Make & Do page from the Victoria & Albert Museum--includes free 1940s knitting patterns and a free pattern for a crochet collar

Knitting Reference Library 19th and 20th century knitting manuals digitized by the University of Southampton, on archive.org

Knitting in History

The Wartime Spies who used Knitting as an Espionage Tool (Atlas Obscura)

These items are from websites and other online sources not affiliated with UGA Libraries