Collection item
Baby's layette, 1991
Like most of her generation my mother, Mary Parrish, learnt to knit as a child but taught herself to prepare fleece and spin in the 1970s after ending up with an Ashford spinning wheel. Mother crafted everything in her own very 'hand spun' style- it was just luck if the item she made you happened to fit. These are items made for our family, including this baby layette including jumper, pants, beanie and baby blanket for her granddaughter made in 1991.
Details
Photographer:
Nathalie Gregory
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Diana Fletcher
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Maker:
Mary Parrish
Garment type:
Baby's layette featuring jumper, pants, beanie and blanket
Material:
Hand spun 100% wool
Features:
bobble and cable knit on the jumper and beanie, stocking stitch pants, moss stitch on blanket with fancy edge and embroidery detail
Colour:
cream
Exhibition:
KNIT: Original fashion created from yarn
Last published:
2026
Date:
1991
