Hello, all! My podcast (which I host with my sister Sonia) now has its *own* website. You can find all the episodes there, and even listen to them right in your browser. Check it out: https://handmadehistorypodcast.com/
Thanks for following along!
If you buy a cross stitch kit today, you will get the same five things: a pattern with tiny squares and symbols, a piece of aida or even weave cloth, DMC floss colors (or a color guide) a needle, and a hoop. Leaving off the ancient origins of a needle and hoop, this episode covers…
Lace is, by definition, useless. Whether is it is woven, crocheted, knitted, or made with needles or bobbins, lace is an adornment. And it has been a part of human history since (at least) the 1000s CE. We take you on a tour of lace from South America to Switzerland to South India, and show…
We are releasing our latest episode a few days early: Happy Halloween! This week, we deep dive into broom making in New England. Making brooms is a universal human activity, but in the late 1700s, it became commercialized in America for the first time in New England. First, Native Americans made brooms and sold them…
Have you heard of nalbinding, the “ancestor to knitting?” Surprise–it’s not! Listen in to learn about this ancient AND ongoing craft, how it was forgotten and relearned in the US (and other countries), and how it is related to knitting. Find extensive show notes with sources at https://tinyurl.com/kbdanvd8. Email us at handmadehistoryhosts@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @handmadehistorypodcast….
If you were a Girl Scout (like we were) or went to summer camp, chances are you made a tie-dye t-shirt! In the US, tie dye is a fun, casual method of decorating clothes, but it has origins in thousands-year-old traditions all over the world. We talk about the elevated, ongoing art of tie dye…
Hello! My sister Sonia and I have been working on a fun new project…a podcast called Handmade History! It’s going to cover all kinds of topics, from people to practices to materials (we’re working on episodes about the history of cross stitch, the original Pride flag[s], and nalbinding!). I imagined it originally as the history…
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