PieceWork · No. 2
PieceWork May-June 2014
n this seventh annual, ever-popular lace issue, explore the history and magic of lace.
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PieceWork · No. 2
n this seventh annual, ever-popular lace issue, explore the history and magic of lace.
Patterns, stories, and extras printed in PieceWork May-June 2014.
What began as a lifesaving craft during Ireland’s Great Famine became a lifelong passion for a young woman who arrived in Clones in 1987—and ultimately led her to create a christening robe worn by generations of her family.
Where knitting has knit and purl stitches, bobbin lace has crosses and twists; where knitting has needles, bobbin lace has bobbins.
These instructions are based on the information in Barbara Foster’s Learn Needle Tatting, Step by Step (Paxton, Illinois: Handy Hands, 1998), which provides complete step-by-step needle-tatting instructions accompanied by plentiful photographs.