A Bluestocking Knits

I didn't know there was such a thing, either! 

(Most of these photos came up when I searched for noncommercial-reuse images, but I didn't note their origins, though, sorry.)

No, this one's a viola, just wanted to see if you were paying attention.  But it's a Strad! to be more specific, the Macdonald viola, dated 1719.

Here is one of my favorite violin concertos, Vivaldi's Concerto a minor for two violins, beautifully played by the Orchestra Perpetuum Mobile, conducted by Igor Longato, in a concert in Lugano in December 2009 —