Category: News
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Framework knitting comes back to Bonsall
This past weekend, we brought the craft of framework knitting back to Bonsall for the first time in over 100 years. As part of Heritage Open Days, we opened our doors to the public. Over the weekend, we recorded 152 visits. We also held 8 events, covering project talks, knitting demonstrations, and history talks, and…
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Framework Knitters Reassemble
Our 18th-century framework knitting machine has been reassembled at Bonsall Framework Knitters’ Workshop, with expert support from the Framework Knitters Museum in Ruddington — the first time a frame has run here in over a century.
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New website live – come have a look!
We’ve just launched the new website for the Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop, and we wanted to share what’s on there. It’s been a fair bit of work pulling everything together – all the research we’ve been doing, the photos from the restoration, and the stories about the building and the people who lived and worked…