Practical Socks in the 5th Century
Here is an excerpt from Charlotte Booth’s article, “Re-Creating Ancient Egyptian Socks,” from the November/December 2011 issue of PieceWork.
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Here is an excerpt from Charlotte Booth’s article, “Re-Creating Ancient Egyptian Socks,” from the November/December 2011 issue of PieceWork.
When and how did traditional Norwegian knitting designs cross cultural and national boundaries to enter American fashion and become an icon for American skiing?
One thing no refined home could do without was a pincushion. Victorian pincushions ran the gamut from practical to ornate.
Here is the pattern just as it was presented in 1886, with neither alterations nor corrections. We encourage you to cast on Weldon’s Bolster Pincushion and email us a photo.
The PieceWork July/August 1999 issue features the Stars and Stripes Sampler designed by Nan Heldenbrand Morrissette.
Here are two wooden combs, their handmade components lashed together and decorated with handspun thread. The dark comb, adorned with macaw feathers, came from the Shipibo, a people indigenous to the Ucayali river valley of eastern Peru.
Once a year, I get to edit Knitting Traditions, which brings in my passion for history.
PieceWork had a big year in 2016. Issues including the 10th annual Historical Knitting Issue and 9th annual Lace Issue hold within them many great stories, and you can now experience them all at once with the PieceWork 2016 Collection Download.
In 1895, Weldon’s, the paper pattern producer, devoted the 27th series of its Weldon’s Practical Crocheter to “the furtherance of this pretty industry.
Today, pineapples are a produce department staple, available year round. But not so long ago, pineapples were an exotic treat, reserved for nobility and the upper classes of the west.
April 24, 1731: English journalist and acclaimed author Daniel Defoe dies. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
From the sheep that populate the Faroe Islands to the Hispanic heritage of the colcha to a Southwest American-inspired scarf, reading through PieceWork’s March/April 2017 issue felt like taking a trip around the world.