Festival Lace Mitts to Knit
The Festival Lace Mitts were inspired by a pair from a photograph.
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The Festival Lace Mitts were inspired by a pair from a photograph.
Here’s our 17th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, instructions for how to tat a “Square Medallion."
The modern christening gown did not appear until after 1700, when more families began to have enough wealth to be able to show it off.
Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our 21st installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are instructions for how to tat a “Loop and Leaf Border.”
Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our 20th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are instructions for how to tat an “Eyelet Insertion.”
A triangle is a wonderful shape to play with. There are many ways to fit knitted triangles together to construct various projects, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional.
Maria Montessori (1870–1952), well-known as an education innovator, opened her first school—Casa dei Bambini in Rome—on January 6, 1907.
We were part of a large family (my grandmother had 9 brothers and sisters; all but 2 had children), so Mom knitted a lot of baby booties over the years.
Here’s our 15th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat an “Octagon Medallion.”
Here’s our 16th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat a “Round Loop Edging.”
Crochet has proven to be a perfect technique to mimic other forms of lace, including bobbin lace, filet, tatting, Venetian needle lace, and drawn thread work.
Lace trim is a lovely way to personalize a garment or an accessory. Knitting various Victorian lace patterns in a swatch size is a quick and fun way to try something new and then be able to let your imagination run a creative path to a new use.