Embroidered Dolls and The Dolls of Peru
Learn about these colorful and elaborate one-of-a-kind dolls and the women who create them.
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Learn about these colorful and elaborate one-of-a-kind dolls and the women who create them.
Learn how versatile the running stitch can be, a stitch that dates back to the beginning of sewing itself.
A textile conservationist makes a passionate case for using natural fibers for treasured knitted and crocheted projects.
Knit a sweater from the January/February 2015 issue that was inspired by one worn by Crown Prince Harald of Norway when his family fled the Nazis in 1940.
On July 14, France celebrates Bastille Day (or as they call it “Quatorze Juillet”), the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 that marked a turning point in the French Revolution—well, the first of their revolutions, anyway.
The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is hosting its first Fiber Fiesta.
Spin Off Winter 2019 included an article chronicling Sarah Wroot’s adventures in weaving handspun singles, fulling cloth with a wooden mallet, and more as she re-created an eighteenth-century textile.
The tool that enabled people to knit quickly and to knit while standing and walking was the knitting sheath. Knitting sheaths varied in quality, workmanship, shape, and decoration.
Donna Druchunas’ Gobi Desert Socks were based them on the pair of knitted socks purchased on a trip to Mongolia by Long Thread Media’s founder Linda Ligon.
Inspiration for a pair of knitted socks can be found just about anywhere, including in the pages of a popular historical fiction novel!
A polushawl (polushalok in Russian) is a smaller version of a traditional Orenburg warm shawl.
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.