Featured Artist – Mamma 4 Earth

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2009 12:56 Written by Manic Butterfly Wednesday, 21 October 2009 06:00

 I am a home-schooling mother of four wonderful children. I love working with natural materials and really enjoy creating knitted and felted treasures for my family and my shop….

My mom was always knitting when I was little and she taught me how to knit when I was 5 years old and I have always loved knitting since then. I was always keen to try and knit whatever she was busy making and she always took the time to show me how to make my own version. Fond memories…

At Mamma 4 earth you will find the most delightful hand knitted treasures. All my items are knitted with the most beautiful pure Merino sheep wool from the Cape in South Africa and they are filled with pure fleece. The wool I use is very precious to me because it has been handspun and hand dyed. It has such a lovely soft texture and the most beautiful hues and colour variations that knit up into the most wonderful farmyard characters and gnomes.

In my shop you can expect to find all types of Waldorf inspired creations, farmyards, gnomes, ribbon sticks, farm animals etc… I will add new items often, so be sure to check back on my stores soon.

Visit my Etsy shop.
Find yarn supplies at Mamma 4 Earth Supplies.

History of Knitting

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 September 2009 02:24 Written by Manic Butterfly Monday, 28 September 2009 09:00

Submitted by CalcedoniaDesign.

Knitting is not my specialty-my mom can knit up a storm-I would rather crochet. Knitting patterns were a little difficult to read and no matter how hard I tried (sigh) the item always came out wider, then long enough. So it was always rip and redo. When my son was born (many moons ago) I decided to knit him a sweater. I think about it now and still I laugh my head off-you’d have to see this picture in your mind to understand. When my son was young I always had to buy him Sears ‘super super slim’  shirts and pants. The sweater I knitted him turned out to be a midriff, which could have fit a baby elephant. Now I leave the knitted items to my mom who has just turned 86.

Here are some interesting links about how knitting originated, taken from Wikipedia:

• 1 Early origins of knitting
• 2 Early European Knitting
• 3 Importance in Scottish history
• 4 Industrial revolution
• 5 1920s: the Russian Civil Wars and China
• 6 1939-1945: Knitting for Victory
• 7 1950s and 60s: Haute Couture
• 8 1980s: A Decline
• 9 Early 21st Century Revival
• 10 References
• 11 Notes
• 12 See also
• 13 External links