Our Collection in 100 Objects
Our Collections in 100 Objects
Our Collections Team chose 100 objects to illustrate the wide breadth of our Collection including knitting, machine knitting, crochet, craft tools, patterns, books, yarns, and art. This Exhibit is one of the results of that project.
Creation of this Exhibit
May 2019 marked the start of an exciting project funded by a grant from the Lottery Heritage Fund. The project, officially titled "Digitisation of the Knitting & Crochet Guild Collection highlights and the creation of a digital resource” created a selection of the Collection online so that it can be accessed anywhere, anytime, through electronic media, reaching a wider audience. Originally published on our website, the selection has been transferred to this Exhibit.
Made possible thanks to National Lottery players, the grant of £10,000 enabled the Knitting & Crochet Guild (KCG) Collection to be more accessible for crafters across the country. The Collections Team chose 100 objects to show a small portion of our wonderful collection, and one item per day was published through our news page and social media from 22 January to 30 April 2020.
The 100 objects project was supported by the Lottery Heritage Fund.
Exploring this Exhibit
We have summarised the 100 objects in the posters that you can see at the top of this page.
To help you explore this Exhibit, we have split the objects into ten groups, each corresponding to the ten day period during which the objects in that group were shown as part of the project.
We also have some videos introduction you to our Collection, and you may view these from the "Introduction" page.