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PieceWork January-February 2018 — PieceWork | PieceWork

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PieceWork · No. 9

PieceWork January-February 2018

PieceWorks 12th annual Historical Knitting issue focuses on handknitted socks and stockings from around the world.

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Indexed from PieceWork January-February 2018, in page order.

Solving the puzzles of early knitted stockings: clues from the Czech Republicp. 8
Margaretha Franziska Lobkowitz’s stockingsp. 17
Estonian knittingp. 21
Skolt Sammi socks from Inarip. 23
Swedish-influenced raggsocks: everyday luxuryp. 26
Lugger: Norwegian footwear for inside and outsidep. 28
Entranced by Turkish socksp. 34
Turkish heelp. 37
Afghan refugee slipper socksp. 38
Knitting as a livelihood for Afghan womenp. 42
Building on history: Ogee lace stockingsp. 44
A darn good egg: darning tools for holey socksp. 48
Barron-Gibb baby booties and toddler socksp. 53
The green sweater project: a Holocaust survival storyp. 57
50 tips from Shetland knittersp. 64