Beyond the Embroidery Needle: A Short History of Quaker Knitting

10th June 2023 11.45am – 1pm

This is a blended fundraising event, take part online or in person here at Quaker Tapestry Museum, Kendal.

For Zoom ticket holders – you will receive a link after the event, allowing you to watch it for up to 14 days afterwards. This is also perfect for those who have to miss all or part of the live event for any reason.

Join us for an illustrated fundraising talk with non-fiction author Esther Rutter on the history of Quaker knitting. This talk will also include a session looking at some of our own collection items.

Esther is a non-fiction author from Suffolk who is now based in Scotland. Before becoming a freelance writer, she worked in arts education at the Wordsworth Trust, the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, and UNESCO City of Literature Trust in Edinburgh, and currently holds a Research Fellowship at the University of St Andrews. Her first book, This Golden Fleece (2019), traces the social and cultural history of knitting and won a Society of Authors’ Roger Deakin Award. Her second book, which examines the connection between people, places, poetry and identity in the Lake District, is due for publication by Granta in 2024.

Funds from ticket sales to this event will go towards the ongoing work of Quaker Tapestry Museum.