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Volume XVIII Number 5
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Jane Austen’s Women and Their Crafts
by Jennifer Forest
Set within a historical context, Jane Austen’s references to craft in her novels were
well recognized by her readers.
A Miser’s Purse to Knit and A Netted Coin Purse to Make
Two projects from Jane Austen’s Sewing Box: Craft Projects & Stories from
Jane Austen’s Novels by Jennifer Forest.
Deadly Yarns and Knitted Fictions
by Jo Turney
Miss Marple lives on in contemporary knitting mysteries.
What Would Miss Marple Knit?
A shawl, of course. Use the reproduction of a 1930s English pattern to create your own
“Miss Marple” shawl.
From the Little House on the Prairie to a Career
as a Prolific Author, Editor, and Political Activist:
Rose Wilder Lane
by Donna Druchunas
Rose Wilder Lane chronicled her observations on textiles and needlework in many of her books and articles.
A Lace Edging to Knit
by Mary Frances Wogec
A re-creation of one of the lace edgings in Rose Wilder Lane’s Woman’s Day Book of
American Needlework.
Knitting Gloves in Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa
by Elizabeth Cobbe
Two of the five Mundy sisters in Brian Friel’s play earn extra money by knitting gloves for sale.
Ballybeg Homeworker’s Gloves to Knit
by Elizabeth Cobbe
Gloves designed to serve either as a pattern for hobby knitting or as a project to be worked
on in a performance of Dancing at Lughnasa.
The Firebird: Magical Protagonist of Russian Fairy Tales
by Inna Voltchkova
The highly coveted Firebird is both a blessing and a bringer of doom to its captor.
A Firebird Feather Scarf to Knit
by Inna Voltchkova
The designer adapted the scarf from a Russian pattern.
Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing
by Daneen Wardrop
Emily Dickinson designed, stitched, basted, overcast, washed, bleached, ironed, packed,
mended—and mended again—many articles of clothing.
Needlework Down Under with The Ladies of Missalonghi
by Mary Polityka Bush
Colleen McCullough’s The Ladies of Missalonghi speaks to the hearts of those who love the needle arts.
A Tray Cloth to Hemstitch
by Mary Polityka Bush
Step-by-step instructions to make a textile like one that “the ladies of Missalonghi” might have made.
Needlework in Children’s Literature
by Julia Baratta
A selection of books that introduce children to the needle arts.
Three Bookmarks to Make
by Julia Baratta and Margaret Sies
Instructions for crocheting, embroidering, and knitting your own bookmarks.
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