Knock Your Socks Off Socks
Sarah re-creates a vintage sock with an unknown past.
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Sarah re-creates a vintage sock with an unknown past.
During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, drizzling became quite the fashion in France to carefully remove gold and silver threads from other textiles so they could be sold.
The doily has been at the center of home décor fashion for more than a century.
I was interested in the traditional beaded, embroidered, and sequined ceremonial tapestries called kalagas (a Sanskrit term for Indian wall hangings), and we had begun our tour of their manufacture by watching the sequin makers.
The seventh edition of PieceWork’s Knitting Traditions, Fall 2013, is all about lace—its magic and mystery and its ethereal quality—as expressed in knitting.
The Orenburg knitting technique makes this delicate knit wrap lighter than air.
The year is 1940; the prince, King Harald V of Norway, is wearing a striking knitted sweater.
Celebrate the coronation with the story behind a shawl for Prince William.
Loose pages found within a different book have their own story.
Oh, what devious minds writing knitters have!
His firm turned the Industrial Revolution on its head, returning focus to and respect for handwork. Explore the origins of his design influence.
Records from the distant past don’t say much about women, yet every now and then we get fleeting glimpses of the history of textiles.