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Knitting in Scotland

Culture, Craft and Industry

AvLynn Abrams,Sally Tuckett

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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The story of Scottish knitting: the first critical history and analysis of a local craft turned international icon.From Fair Isle patterning to Pringle jumpers, Scottish knitwear is internationally renowned and instantly recognizable. This open access study unpicks the distinctive place of knitting in the Scottish landscape, economy, and culture from the 19th century to today.Recent reappraisals of the industrial revolution and traditional craft economies, and the recent revival of hobby knitting during the Covid-19 pandemic, have raised new questions about the roles of social communities, sustainability and women’s domestic work in the textile industries. Tracing its story from raw material to final product, from home-spun clothes and crafts to luxury markets and industrial-scale production, Knitting in Scotland investigates the Scottish knitting trade’s remarkable survival across two centuries of economic and cultural modernization.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-11
Mått:158 x 238 x 28 mm
Vikt:940 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350361713

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Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow, UK and principal investigator of the AHRC-funded project ‘Fleece to Fashion: Economies and Cultures of Knitting in Scotland’.Sally Tuckett is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is co-investigator on the Fleece to Fashion project.Marina Moskowitz is the Lynn and Gary Mecklenburg Chair in Textiles, Material Culture, and Design at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA. She is international co-investigator on the Fleece to Fashion project and an editor of Textile History.Roslyn Chapman was a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, UK and on the Fleece to Fashion project.Lin Gardner was a Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow, UK and on the Fleece to Fashion project.

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The product of extraordinary collaboration and expert research. Makes a compelling intervention, positioning domestic and industrial knitting as central to the histories of textiles, craft, and women’s labor and leisure.

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Preface and acknowledgementsAbout the Authors List of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsGlossary1. Introduction: Stories, objects, historiesPre-cursors of modern Scottish knittingThe modern knitwear industryHistories of Scottish knittingResearching knitting and knitwear2. GeographyA Scottish tour of knitwear productionKnitting traditions and place3. OrganizationCharity in the communityEducating the workforceBusiness structures4. FibreWool: provenance and supplyCashmere: luxury and heritageSynthetic fibres: novelty and opportunity5. TechnologyPlain knitting and shaping by machinePattern and textureElectronic machines and computer aided designShima SeikiThe pivotal role of programming6. MakingThe making processLocations of labourSkill: specialisation and flexibilityGendered divisions of labourGendered remuneration for labour7. MarketingLocal products, global competitionThe work of selling knitwearCompeting for markets: the tale of TwomaxThe power of retail contracts: the Marks & Spencer effectTrading on tradition: Shetland producers8. DesignThe vagaries of fashionForecasting fashion: PringleConsolidating classics: Peter ScottDesign-led interventions in Scottish knitting9. CommunitiesFactory communities: ‘like a family’Mutuality in an island communityA community of practice10. The Usable Past of Scottish KnittingNatural historiesHeritage of craftsmanshipKnitting as Scottish HeritageBibliographyIndex