Ebba D. Drolshagen Hanna Zeckau (Illustrated by) - The Knitting Needle
Ebba D. Drolshagen weaves surprising details, cultural-historical knowledge and personal passion into a wonderful little book.
This is about more than two sticks and a very, very long thread. Ebba D. Drolshagen recounts an incredible wealth of stories in a knowledgeable and entertaining way: from the knitting Madonna by the painter Meister Bertram to the invention of the eight-pointed Norwegian star, from patterns that migrate to guerrilla knitting, from sheep and reindeer wool to the Norwegian Sweater Curse and the web community called Ravelry. She reports on knitting as a livelihood, as a hobby, as a means of disciplining unruly girls, as a political statement and, of course, as a proven way to keep warm.
Book details
With illustrations. From the series 'Dinge des Lebens" (Things of Life)64 pages
format:120 x 180
ISBN: 9783701736454
Release date: 22.09.2025
License rights
- World rights available