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On the Cover:
A Christening Bag to Knit and
Crochet with Broomstick Lace
by Karen E. Hooton, page 32.
Photograph by Joe Coca.
Evening Stockings to Knit by Nancy Bush. Page 16.
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Detail of a mid-nineteenth-century Chinese wedding jacket with a dragon motif.
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Evening Stockings for a Young Lady
to Knit
by Nancy Bush
Nancy Bush adapted these elegant stockings with a touch of glitter from Weldon’s
Practical Needlework, Volume 15, published in London in 1900.
Not So Humble Crochet
by Linda Ligon
A complete recap of our Crocheted-Lace Challenge from the May/June 2009 issue.
PieceWork’s Crocheted-Lace
Challenge II
by Nancy Nehring
In response to the success of our inaugural challenge, we’re inviting
you to send your version of Maltese Edging, selected by Nancy Nehring from an
1865 English book, to us.
If I Only Could
See to Sew: How Needlework Enhanced the Quiet, Industrious Life of Henrietta McGuffey
Hepburn
by Betsy Butler
Henrietta McGuffey Hepburn, daughter of William Holmes McGuffey, father
of the McGuffey Readers, wrote about her needlework projects in her diaries and
reminiscences.
A Perforated-Paper
Lamp Mat to Cross-Stitch
adapted by Mary Polityka Bush
One year, Henrietta McGuffey Hepburn made a lamp mat. We adapted a motif published
in The Ladies’ Guide to Needle Work, Embroidery, etc. in 1877 for
this project.
Bewitched by Broomstick
by Karen E. Hooton
The author discovered a pattern for a broomstick-lace skirt in the 1970s. Here,
she writes of her fascination with this technique, a form of crochet, and her
efforts to trace its history.
A Christening Bag to Knit and Crochet
with Broomstick Lace
by Karen E. Hooton
A “christening piece” is a long-standing Scottish tradition. Make
your own christening bag as a gift for a special baby using the techniques of
knitting and broomstick lace.
Broomstick Lace Workshop
by Karen E. Hooton
Learn the basics of broomstick lace with this step-by-step tutorial.
The Three-Rib Beret
by Jacqueline Fee
The designer re-creates an unusual child’s hat from her collection of “homeless
knittings.”
Three Centuries at Sajou, Purveyors
of French Needlework
Supplies
by Catherine Amoroso Leslie
Discover how the current owner of this business, founded in the 1830s, is continuing
the spirit of Sajou.
Heart-Shaped
Ornaments to Knit
by Ann Budd
Use our instructions to make ornaments in two weights of yarn or use the hearts
as inspiration for your own creation for PieceWork’s next Excellence
in Needle Arts Awards—Heart-Shaped Ornaments (see page 11 for details).
Chinese Dragons:
Embroidered Symbols of Power and Protection
by Valery Garrett
The dragon has been an object of worship in China for thousands of years,
and the embroidered motif has been used to embellish a vast array of objects,
from emperors’ robes to children’s shoes.
Dragon Slippers
to Stitch for a Child
We adapted the cross-stitch chart for a pair of women’s
slippers from a circa-1920 Shanghai book for these exquisite little slippers for
a toddler. According to Chinese legend, the dragon will protect the child from
evil spirits.
Meteliza Scarf
to Knit
by Inna Voltchkova
Designer Inna Voltchkova used traditional Orenburg lace knitting techniques
and motifs to create this elegant scarf in an angora yarn called Blizzard; meteliza,
the name of the scarf, is Russian for “blizzard.”
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