Zagreb Yarn Craft Fest: A Celebration of Textile Handicrafts in Croatia
An insider’s guide to the festival honoring the textile techniques in this flourishing European country.
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An insider’s guide to the festival honoring the textile techniques in this flourishing European country.
Use the lace patterns in Weldon's Practical Knitter as a foundation for your own lace variations.
Enjoy knitting projects that explore techniques and designs from different cultures.
Using little looms are all the rage these days. Yet, these portable and versatile tools have been around for quite some time.
Knitting a baby’s first sock is a special occasion, and the pattern must be equal to the event.
Sara Lamb doesn't know when great-aunt Gladys knitted this cloth, but she's used it for more than twenty years, ever since she found it in the case.
Influenced by a character named Emma from Margaret Oliphant’s book Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Carol decided to revise an original Weldon's sock pattern.
During the mid-twentieth century, department stores capitalized on knitting’s soaring popularity with free instruction from knitting experts.
Translating British Victorian knitting jargon into modern American terms can prove challenging!
Beth Brown-Reinsel’s twined-knitted gloves, featured in the March/April 2018 issue of PieceWork, make a great first project. Below, Beth explains how the yarn used in twined knitting is different from most commercial yarns.
What can a pair of socks reveal about the culture of a displaced and oppressed culture? In the Kurdish knitted stockings that she found in northern Iraq, Barb Sobkoviak saw pride in these works of folk art, tradition, and beauty.
At an antique show some years ago, my daughter, Nancy Cook, spotted the unique little knitted beret shown below and immediately bought it for my collection of homeless knittings.