The Antique Textile Fair in Manchester was full of stalls selling all manner of old costumes, books, textiles of all kinds. Not a huge amount of stuff for the knitter but we did find out about the Braid Society and the
Macclesfield Silk Museum which is earmarked for a visit in May. We met Ruth Gilbert, a member of the Knitting History Forum who lives just outside of Huddersfield and writes academic papers on knitted fragments found on archaeological digs.
Here are some photos of Ruth knitting and some historically accurate socks she made earlier.
Anna