Knitting and the Brontës

The latest issue of Knitting Traditions (Spring 2013) contains an intriguing article: Penelope Hemingway's Knitting and the Brontës. On Knitting Daily we have some more information:

One story that caused me to stop for a careful read-through was about knitting and the Brontë sisters. (...)
there is credible speculation that the Brontë sisters on at least one occasion took a short trip to a nearby town that had a yarn shop. A yarn shop! Did they shop there? Well, you’ll just have to read about it yourself.