The Sock Knitter

Written By Kia Hing Fay

Meet Madge. She knitted these socks over a hundred years ago. They were one pair among a million that were handmade for Australian soldiers during World War 1. I love this painting for its use of colour, pattern and shape.... but also for its simple-ordinary-everyday-ness.

The Sock Knitter
Grace Cossington Smith
1915
Art Gallery of New South Wales

Kia Hing Fay
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