AACelebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday with a Special Knitting Collection
As Jane Austen’s 250th birthday approaches, PieceWork honors Austen’s enduring charm with a special collection of knitting patterns inspired by her beloved world.
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AAAs Jane Austen’s 250th birthday approaches, PieceWork honors Austen’s enduring charm with a special collection of knitting patterns inspired by her beloved world.

Our annual multi-craft eBook is here, bringing together 14 stunning patterns across knitting, crocheting, embroidery, and weaving.

Add to your crochet skills—and your wardrobe—with this lacy project.

Learn how the knitted lace motifs on a gorgeous shawl tell the folktale of Essy Pattle--Shetland’s Cinderella—and how you can knit it, too!

Galina Khmeleva remembers the many months she spent under Olga Fedorova’s careful tutelage and watchful eyes while a guest in Olga’s home in Orenburg, Russia, perfecting her lace-knitting skills.

From engraving to knitting, Weldon’s Practical Needlework is a wonderful source for inspiration.

Step back in time to the Regency Era with the Spring 2025 issue

My family on my father’s side came to America in the 1600s. Through the centuries, they produced samplers, lace edgings, quilts, and shawls.

Jacqueline based her shawl on the one her grandfather knitted during World War I.

Olga Fedorova created her unique color-coded system in the late 1960s when she became quality-control master for the Orenburg knitting cottage industry.

Larger charts for an easier read

If you've admired the beaded dresses on Downton Abbey or Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, you're falling in love with tambour work too.

How a knitting tradition rooted in a cluster of tiny islands in the North Sea came to be transplanted to an island country in the southern Pacific Ocean.