Author: Angharad Thomas

Angharad Thomas is a designer, maker, textile researcher, and specialist in knitted gloves. A Knitters Guide to Gloves brings practical construction advice together with the history of regional glove traditions. Crowood Press released A Knitters Guide to Gloves in 2023. Its chapters explain materials, tools, fit, shaping, thumb placement, and ways to adapt or design patterns from personal inspiration. Its historical sections draw on museum collections and examine surviving gloves from Yorkshire, Scotland, Estonia, and elsewhere in Britain. Thomas holds a master’s degree in knitwear design and a doctorate focused on Welsh textile production, design, and sustainability. She has also served as Textile Archivist for the Knitting and Crochet Guild, exhibited her gloves, and taught talks and workshops. A Knitters Guide to Gloves reflects that combination of archival knowledge and hands-on practice, offering both step-by-step photographs for newer makers and detailed cultural context for readers interested in how distinctive knitting traditions developed.