The history of the running stitch is really the history of the needle and thread. One can assume an eyed needle (not an awl) led to sewing,…

If you’ve read the works of Jane Austen or other Regency-era books featuring female main characters, then you’re probably familiar with the various creative hobbies enjoyed by…

I met Clare Hunter, author of Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle, at her flat in Glasgow. Clare loves…

Widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language, the prolific playwright Molière wrote and directed more than thirty plays. Many revere Molière as…

Crocheted edgings are a legacy born from the desire to beautify one’s home environment and the pleasure of creating with one’s own hands. While cotton thread (affiliate…

The term Haapsalu rätik (Haapsalu shawl or scarf) seems to be a universal title for a lace shawl or scarf in Estonia. In Estonia, a true Haapsalu…

The Vikings did it, medieval and Renaissance Europeans did it, tall-boat sailors did it, proper Victorian ladies did it. The firm, square lucet braid so handy for…

Handknitting in the hills and dales of England’s northern counties, including Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, and Yorkshire, evolved from a domestic activity to an industrial-production level. In Elizabethan…

Spring 2019 Ruhnu Mitts to Knit Page 49, bottom of the second column, Left Hand section. Directions for Set-Up Rnd should begin as follows: “Set-Up Rnd: On…

Inspiration for a pair of knitted socks can be found just about anywhere, including in the pages of a popular book. Designer Heatherly Walker found the creative…

From Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) to Burns Day (a celebration of the work of poet Robert Burns), the Scottish are certainly no strangers to a good party.…

Have you heard the news? It’s National Craft Month, and in honor of the occasion, PieceWork magazine and our sister publications at Interweave are celebrating with a…

The PieceWork special issue Knitting Traditions Fall 2011 features Donna Druchunas’ Gobi Desert Socks, which were knitted from the cuff down and worked with the heel and…

Discover the history of crocheted buttons and crochet your own Irish Rose button from Nancy Nehring’s wonderful article and project featured in the March/April 1994 issue of…

Take a step back in time to the 1880s! Expanded instructions and contemporary thread make this a great project for today’s knitters. This pattern originally appeared in…

In the Fall 2011 issue of the PieceWork special issue Knitting Traditions, Maureen McGinnis Patterson shares with us the exquisite sock knitting of her friend Lydia Gladstone…

Ali Ferguson is a textile artist who is fascinated by people and who has a passion for the past. Her studio, The Purple Thread Shed in Roslin,…

A young widow from a prominent Savannah family, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low pioneered an organization to instill leadership and self-reliance in girls through community service, outdoor activities,…

These stockings are modeled after the surviving bits that we have of plain knee-length knitted stockings of late-fifteenth- and early-sixteenth-century Western Europe. They follow a very period…

The year 1845 marked the middle of an era of great upheaval as the Industrial Revolution moved millions from farms to cities. In the United States, that…