World’s Oldest Trousers
Recently Archaeologists have unearthed what is now the world’s oldest trousers.
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Recently Archaeologists have unearthed what is now the world’s oldest trousers.
As queen, opulence and splendor were no strangers to Elizabeth I. This included Elizabeth’s embroidered clothing and her knitted silk stockings.
Embark with us on a PieceWork journey that celebrates “fine work.” We travel the globe and present examples of especially fine embroidery, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet.
The Portuguese stem stitch, a heavily textured line stitch, also is known as Portuguese knotted stem, Portuguese knot, and wrapped stem stitch.
Researching the Roumanian stitch was very interesting but also confusing: This stitch has a number of aliases.
Discover how inspiration for French fashion merchants made its way to Paris in the form of three ambassadors dispatched by Tippoo-Saïb.
This edging, taken from one of the swatches Evdokia created for the Chinese textile company, is worked in lacet crochet, a technique popular in the 1920s and 1930s that is closely related to filet crochet.
Nature-inspired stitchwork spans the globe and is captured in Elizabethan tapestries and depicted in intricate embroidered Chinese Imperial Rank Badges. Issue after issue, PieceWork rejoices in nature’s glory and timeless splendor.
Silk is one of the marvels of the natural world, and making silk for embroidery is one of the wonders of human ingenuity.
The Russian Triangular Butterfly Shawl kit includes the pattern and beautiful merino/cashmere yarn to knit this glorious shawl.
