Unraveling the Secrets of 18th-Century Knitted Hat in a Latrine
A well-preserved hat has allowed us to open a small window on life in the French colony of Louisbourg in the middle of the eighteenth century.
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A well-preserved hat has allowed us to open a small window on life in the French colony of Louisbourg in the middle of the eighteenth century.
The Ellis Island Immigration Station reopens after extensive restoration and becomes the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Crochet is a language unique in needlework. Learning to crochet is like learning a foreign language that uses a different alphabet, a different construction, and a different elemental foundation.
The tête de boeuf stitch is commonly referred to as head of the bull, although a direct translation from the French is “head of beef” stitch, and it also goes by the names of ox head and detached wheat ear.
The Cretan stitch derives its name from Crete, the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, home to one of the oldest civilizations (dating from at least the time of Homer’s Odyssey, around the eleventh century b.c.) and a rich legacy of embroidery.
The Basque stitch, also known as the twisted daisy border stitch, has its origins in the Basque country, located in the western Pyrenees that span the Franco- Spanish border.
The Bosnia and barrier stitches are easy to sew, similar in appearance, and share aliases. The barrier stitch is basically the French version of the Bosnia.
PieceWork is thrilled to welcome Deanna Hall West back to our A Stitch in Time blog post series. Here are her latest four elegant embroidery stitches.
The rosette-chain stitch (Figures 1 and 2) belongs to the large chain stitch family because the working thread is looped on the surface of the background fabric and held in place by another stitch.
The fashion transformation from chemise to camisole traveled a long historical road.
If you were limited to just one way to shape the toe of knitted socks, what method would you choose? I will occasionally ask myself silly questions like this one to promote entertaining the possibility of trying a new technique.
France bestows its highest honor—Chevalier of the Legion of Honour—on Edith Wharton for her remarkable war-relief efforts in Paris during World War I (1914–1918).