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PieceWork’s 11th-annual Lace Issue, May/June 2018, explores lace techniques from around the world. Carolyn Wetzel’s stellar frisado de Valladolid-style lace medallion is the perfect introduction to a centuries-old Spanish technique.
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.
Katrina King’s elegant Ogee Lace Stockings draw their inspiration from the past. The lace stockings feature a knitted-stitch pattern based on a centuries-old Persian design.
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.
Slip a copy of 50 Tips from Shetland Knitters, and sit back with your knitting, as you enjoy an active exchange between two expert knitters.
The chevron shape was used extensively in heraldic flags, banners, and woven tapestries. Thread a needle and try embroidering chevron stitch.
We now offer the fourth in our five-part series of Frances’s Knitted-Lace sampler re-creations, Mary Elizabeth’s “Lace No. 12.”
The caption reads: Molly Brown, the unsinkable daughter of an Irish immigrant, wears a dress lavishly trimmed with Irish crochet.
Net embroidery was fairly simple to do but required patience. Catherine would have traced the design on paper or cloth, then basted cotton bobbinet over it, keeping the net straight and not too tight as she mounted it on a simple pasteboard frame.
This week, we feature the second in a series of Frances’s re-creations, Mary Elizabeth’s Lace Insertion.
The story of Mary Elizabeth Greenwall Edie’s knitted-lace sampler book is included in the May/June 2016 issue of PieceWork. We asked Frances H. Rautenbach to re-create several of Mary Elizabeth’s samples.
One thing no refined home could do without was a pincushion. Victorian pincushions ran the gamut from practical to ornate.
