Special Knits for Special Occasions
Nancy Bush designed a special knit for a very special occasion—wedding gloves.
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Nancy Bush designed a special knit for a very special occasion—wedding gloves.
Season 7, Episode 4: In honor of the magazine's pearl anniversary, we reached out to PieceWork's first and most recent editors for some pearls of wisdom about legacy, connection, craftsmanship, and what it means to tell needlework stories.
Season 6, Episode 10: Wanting to help the women in her native country called Rangina back to Afghanistan. Through the khamak embroidery they have practiced for generations, Kandahar Treasure supports women making a living with their needles.
Celebrate the coronation with the story behind a shawl for Prince William.
Season 6, Episode 7: The treasure in a handmade life isn’t just mastering skills and making goods, Melanie Falick says—it’s the power in creation, connection, and expression along the way.
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.
Then Athens and the city-state of Sparta got into a long conflict, the Peloponnesian War, and that’s where our latest story about women’s work comes in.
Historically, and often out of necessity, children were taught to spin, knit, weave, and do other forms of needlework at a young age. How old were you when you first took needle and yarn in hand?
Women have been involved with textiles throughout time; after all, they have been inspired by a goddess!
Once thought of as only something a grandmother could love, doilies are experiencing a renaissance.
Pick up a single needle and short pieces of yarn to try a fascinating fabric-making technique that has been around for thousands of years.
Reweavers today are a rare breed. But my mother, Cora Wetter, was a professional reweaver for thirty-two years.