Buying Lace on a Russian Train
Friends back home had suggested that I purchase lace while in Russia.
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Friends back home had suggested that I purchase lace while in Russia.
SUBThis shawl with Orenburg construction features a fleur-de-lis pattern, to which the nupps add a three-dimensional effect.
Peel back the layers of needlework history and uncover more about historical textiles from around the globe in the Spring 2020 issue of PieceWork.
Deciphering the language of Estonian-lace knitting, Nancy Bush explains the subtle, and not so subtle, differences between "rebellious" and true Haapsalu shawls.
Olga Fedorova designed this Orenburg-style lace shawl in 1991. Her sister, Valentina, has been knitting the pattern from memory since then.
Download PDFs of the charts and illustrations from the projects featured in the 2019 issues of PieceWork.
Crocheted edgings are a legacy born from the desire to beautify one’s home environment and the pleasure of creating with one’s own hands.
One of the most fascinating things about the Weldon’s Practical Needlework collection is the contrast between outdated oddities and classic fashions that have endured through time.
The fashion doll was a popular portrayer of style in the eighteenth century and the predecessor of fashion plates and then fashion magazines.
Many of you know that the PieceWork staff really loves Weldon’s Practical Needlework, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Weldon’s, a prolific Victorian pattern company located in London.
A polushawl (polushalok in Russian) is a smaller version of a traditional Orenburg warm shawl.
Crack open any volume of Weldon’s Practical Needlework, and you’ll be transported in time to the Victorian era.