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Finely Knitted Peruvian Cap
and Headband
page 12
Photograph by Joe Coca.
Knitting on Peru’s Taquile Island, page 14
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Volume XX Number 1
Features
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Knitting on Peru’s Taquile Island
by Linda Ligon
The men of Taquile typically begin learning to knit when they’re about eight years old,
and they keep at it for life.
A Taquile Island Headband with Earflaps
by Susan Strawn
The Strawberry Scarf: An Orenburg Knitted-Lace
Tradition
by Galina A. Khmeleva
Knitted Shoe Inserts from Iceland
by Hélène Magnússon
Traditional shoe inserts were knitted wool insoles that were put into soft shoes made
of sheep- or fish skin to make the shoes warmer and more comfortable.
Icelandic Intarsia and Shoe Inserts
by Hélène Magnússon
The Knitted Gloves That Saved My Mother’s Life
by Ileana Grams-Moog
The author’s mother escaped death in Europe during World War II (1939–1945) thanks
to her ability to knit gloves.
My Mother’s Gloves
by Ileana Grams-Moog
Bertha Mae Shipley: A Navajo Knitter
by Angela Davis
This single Navajo woman owned property, had a pension and a trust fund, and was
financially independent. She also was an ardent knitter.
Tó Haach'i' Baby Cardigan
by Angela Davis
Simple Shawl
by Sara Lamb
The Delights and Perplexities of Victorian
Knitting Books
by Donna Druchunas
The author shares her collection of mid-nineteenth-century English knitting
books and issues a “Victorian Knitting Challenge.”
A Contemporary Pineapple Purse from
a Victorian Pattern
by Donna Druchunas
A Vintage Beaded Pineapple Purse and
an Adaptation
by Ava T. Coleman
Knitting in the Victorian Drawing
Room
Lesley O’Connell Edwards
Among the small articles knitted in the drawing room
were pence jugs and miser’s purses.
A Victorian Miser’s Purse
by Lesley O’Connell Edwards
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