Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Join Knitters, book Lovers and librarians Jacquelyn Sundberg and Kristen Howard for a knitted perspective on 19th-century botanical specimen books.
See the Halidrys Cowl Pattern: ravelry.com/patterns/library/halidrys-cowl
The Blacker Wood Collection of Natural History is rich in examples of these books, accumulated and created primarily by gentleman scholars and naturalists. Female botanists at the time faced a male-dominated field, as special guest Tina Gianquitto discussed in her talk on April 11th (View on Youtube: youtu.be/XuObNEcnEMM)
We selected some books created and compiled by women to use as inspiration for a new knitting pattern. Celebrate natural HerStory with us as we launch a new, free knitting pattern inspired by these books. Join us for a show and tell of some of our beautiful source material and for your chance to knit from our special collections.
Collections open to all Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 PM
Join Knitters, book Lovers and librarians Jacquelyn Sundberg and Kristen Howard for a knitted perspective on 19th-century botanical specimen books.
See the Halidrys Cowl Pattern: ravelry.com/patterns/library/halidrys-cowl
The Blacker Wood Collection of Natural History is rich in examples of these books, accumulated and created primarily by gentleman scholars and naturalists. Female botanists at the time faced a male-dominated field, as special guest Tina Gianquitto discussed in her talk on April 11th (View on Youtube: youtu.be/XuObNEcnEMM)
We selected some books created and compiled by women to use as inspiration for a new knitting pattern. Celebrate natural HerStory with us as we launch a new, free knitting pattern inspired by these books. Join us for a show and tell of some of our beautiful source material and for your chance to knit from our special collections.
Collections open to all Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 PM
