Anne Wilson’s work-in-progress “Topologies,” with lace, thread, cloth, pins and painted wood support. (photo Stephen Pitkin)

Cal Lane’s “5 Shovels.” (photo Foley Gallery)

A detail from Freddie Robins’s “Craft Kills,” a comment on the post-9/11 ban on knitting needles in airplanes (photo Douglas Atfield)

“Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting” runs through June 17 at the Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street, Manhattan. Hours: Daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (until 8 p.m. on Thursdays); closed on holidays. Admission: $9; $7 for students and 65+; and pay-what-you-wish on Thursdays after 6 p.m. Information: (212) 956-3535; madmuseum.org.