PieceWork · No. 3
PieceWork July-August 2010
Long before instant communication, before printing, even before books, knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, lacemakers, and sewers relied on their stitched samples and samplers.
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PieceWork · No. 3
Long before instant communication, before printing, even before books, knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, lacemakers, and sewers relied on their stitched samples and samplers.
Patterns, stories, and extras printed in PieceWork July-August 2010.
Jane Garrett, a skilled lacemaker, spinner, weaver, and knitter, made these bobbin lace samples, which are still treasured today.
The student sample books provide a glimpse into some of the skills that women in the early part of the twentieth century were expected to acquire.
Before published patterns, sample books provided a way for stitch patterns to be collected and shared.
The Estonian word “nupp” has become part of the international knitting language. Nancy Bush tells us more about this iconic feature of Estonian knitting.
The following is an excerpt from the November 1929 issue of Needlecraft —The Magazine of Home Arts' full-page article on samplers.
Learn to make a classic Dorset-style button. Handmade buttons were sold throughout Europe and the Americas from 1700 until 1860.
Indexed from PieceWork July-August 2010, in page order.