Victorian Crochet: A Sport of Its Own
One hook. One yarn. Two hands. Add a creative mind to encourage the adventure, and you can be off into the wide world of crochet.
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One hook. One yarn. Two hands. Add a creative mind to encourage the adventure, and you can be off into the wide world of crochet.
The November 1924 issue of Needlecraft magazine featured “Bags for Many Uses, Desirable and Different” by Addie M. Bodwell.
In the play Dancing at Lughnasa, five sisters struggle to survive during the 1930s in rural Ireland. Knitted gloves play a key role in the plot of the story by providing much needed income for the women.
Unlike some unusual patterns sourced from the Victorian era, the Richmond Gloves are subtle and timeless enough in their design to fit perfectly into the modern age. Their unique design leans toward the functional rather than the flamboyant.
Discover cross-knit looping, which is a form of needlework native to the Nasca people, a pre-Incan culture who lived on the south coast of Peru.
It’s a good time to be a sock knitter thanks to the endless variety of sock yarns available today! I’m a handspinner, too. So I appreciate the yarn companies that also include unusual wool breeds in their yarn offerings.
Barbara Morrison says, Cross-knit looping is an adaptable and easily learned technique; it’s also easy to transport and a good way to use short bits and pieces of yarn or thread.
The ingenious construction of the Richmond Gloves features a double layer of fabric to keep out the chill. Here’s Lesley to tell you more about the original pattern.
The brightly colored band of patterning on the cuff of Nancy Bush’s “Amish Stockings and Socks to Knit” delights the eye.
Buff knitting is a regional technique for knitting a shagged carpet-like fabric, specifically for work mittens.
To learn to spin, I tossed Jenna into the deep end and sat her down in front of a spinning wheel before teaching her on a spindle.
Anna Zilboorg’s Firework socks, featured on the cover of January/February 2011, are a particular PieceWork favorite.