Early Knitted Gloves Database

If you're interested in historic knitting (which has its start in the Middle Ages, but its heyday in the Early Modern times), I hope you've already heard of the KEME database.

If not, let me fix this for you. The KEME database is a collection of knitted items, and the acronym stands for "Knitting in Early Modern Europe". Using the database is free, but you need to register for a login with password due to copyright restrictions. The database started with caps, which were one of the main pieces produced in Early Modern knitting, and there is a lot of them to find in there. It has recently been extended and now includes nearly 100 examples of knitted liturgical gloves - plus there are plans to add stockings in the future as well.

You can also subscribe to the KEME newsletter on that page. For the caps, there already have been Citizen Science projects as well, including a still-running one for the search of wool which will result in a cap texture and surface like that of the originals. Other projects might come up for stockings and gloves. Just in case you are a knitter with a love for history, and are looking for things to knit...