On the Web: Knit a Child’s Vest
Ann Budd adapted a Victorian pattern for a “Child’s Chest Protector” to make this contemporary and warm vest.

TVÅÄNDSSTICKNING: Sweden’s Two-End Knitting
The traditional knitting technique of tvåändsstickning has been producing dense, warm, sturdy, and beautiful fabric since at least the middle of the seventeenth century.
Nancy Bush

Knit Northland Mittens with the Two-End Knitting Technique
Nancy Bush offers complete instructions for making these exquisite mittens using the
two-end knitting technique.

KNITTING SPOOLS
In this age of high-tech gizmos and battery-powered tools, the knitting spool, from which cord is produced by repeatedly looping yarn over its pegs, remains refreshingly
simple in design yet efficient in operation.
Mary Polityka Bush

MAGDALENE SPÖCKER’S SAMPLERS: Knitted, Crocheted, Embroidered
Knitted miniature garments, samplers, and knitted shapes remain from needlework
made by Magdalene Spöcker to fulfill schoolwork requirements in the early 1900s.
Susan Levin

THE CHARMING CROCHETED MOTIFS OF EMILIE
SPÖCKER WETHMAR: Perfect Examples of Outsider Art
Emilie, whose life was vastly different from that of her sister Magdalene Spöcker, chose her own direction for her needlework.
Susan Levin

Knit a Sweater and Bonnet for Baby
Magdalene Spöcker’s miniature sample sweater and matching bonnet served as Susan Levin’s inspiration for this captivating set.

MARGARET’S HOPE CHEST
Margaret Downer, the author’s grandmother, was knitting her own stockings by the time she was four, and when she died in 1994 at the age of ninety-two, she left several
unfinished knitting projects.
Emily-Jane Orford

Knit a Wool Miser’s Purse
Deborah Pulliam used laceweight wool yarn for this project, inspired
by the knitted wool tubes that were in use as early as the eleventh
century in Egypt.

KNITTED CONTAINERS: Ubiquitous, Useful
Knitted containers have been with us for more than a thousand years.
Deborah Pulliam

Knit a Bathing-Dress Bag
Knitted bags may have reached their pinnacle of popularity during the
Victorian era; Deborah Pulliam adapted a Victorian pattern for this
versatile bag.

AINO PRAAKLI: Carrying on Estonia’s Knitted Mitten Tradition
Since 1991, Aino Praakli has been studying and re-creating mittens that
are now in the collection of the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.
Nancy Bush with Maarja Vãrv

MÄRTA STINA ABRAHAMSDOTTER
AND HER KNITTED COVERLETS
Master knitter Märta Stina Abrahamsdotter (1825–1903) knitted with two strands, catching the strands on every stitch to avoid creating long floats on the back of the piece.
Ulrika Bos Kerttu

Märta Stina’s Knitting Technique
Ulrika Bos Kerttu explains how to knit small motifs against a large background in the round without leaving long strands on the back of the work.

Knit Mittens Using Märta Stina Abrahamsdotter’s Knitting Technique
Typical Märta Stina floral motifs adorn Ulrika Bos Kerttu’s striking
and colorful mittens.

Knit a Bag Inspired by Märta Stina
Abrahamsdotter’s Knitting
Carol Huebscher Rhoades used the technique and motifs adapted
from coverlets knitted by Märta Stina to make this sweet bag.

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