A Bluestocking Knits

Here are two paintings by the Dane Michael Ancher — "A Young Girl Knitting (Maren Brens)" (1887) —

and "Skagen Girl, Maren Sofie, Knitting" (1882).  Socks, I think — pretty certainly in the first painting.  The shawls — or is it the same shawl? — look intriguing too.  I love the quiet homeliness of both of these.  Thanks to Wendy of Spinsjal for writing about her trip to Skagen, and for reminding me of the Skagen painters, whose work I admire tremendously.