Three Bookmarks to Make: Knit, Stitch & Crochet
Inspiration for these three bookmarks to crochet, stitch, and knit came from some of the designers' favorite books.
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Inspiration for these three bookmarks to crochet, stitch, and knit came from some of the designers' favorite books.
Commonplace, but not common, surviving miser bags and purses demonstrate the amazing variety of techniques in creation and decoration.
For its age, the shawl was in remarkably good condition, but it had a number of noticeable holes and discolored areas. Galina Khmeleva was well aware of the difficulties inherent in working with such a delicate fabric.
Send PieceWork your article and project proposals for the Summer 2021 issue, and help us share the stories of treasured textile traditions for future makers.
This shawl with Orenburg construction features a fleur-de-lis pattern, to which the nupps add a three-dimensional effect.
If you’re a knitter, and even if you’re not, you’ll marvel at the sight of men in handsome traditional dress strolling along the paths knitting fine, intricate caps.
Peel back the layers of needlework history and uncover more about historical textiles from around the globe in the Summer 2020 issue of PieceWork.
The history of knitting has been shrouded in mystery, half-truths, and outright lies! Is this because there is so little material, either textiles or documentation, to enable that history to be fully written?
To undertake polar expeditions, then as now, appropriate protection was needed against the elements, some of the most severe on earth.
L. Frank Baum, as a clever spinner of stories, while writing a magical tale for children was also using Jinjur and her army as an allegory for the women’s suffrage movement, to which he was no stranger.
Help us uncover the untold stories behind the makers of the past in the Spring 2021 issue of PieceWork.
If staying home gives you the blues, and you don’t know what to do, learn something new.