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Knitting Traditions Fall 2014 Preview

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PROJECTS

Jess's Cushion    Elizabeth Lovick

Vlaardingen Trio: Gansey, Hat, and Socks
Stella Ruhe and Bianca Boonstra

Skolt Sámi Mittens
Laura Ricketts

 

Swedish Jämtland Mittens
Carol Huebscher Rhoades

    

Islamic-Patterned Shoulder Bag in Indigo and White
Chris Laning

 

 

  

Persian Slippers
Donna Druchunas

 

 

Fritillary Mittens
Heatherly Walker

 

 
Wellington Boot Liners
Laurie Sundstrom

 


Mademoiselle Riego’s Work Bag
Lesley O'Connell Edwards

 

 

 



Musket Mittens

 



A Civil War-Era Sontag
Colleen Formby

 

Baby’s Christening Set: Gown, Bonnet, and Stockings
Eileen Lee

 

 

 


Baby Booties from a Vintage Pattern
Nancie M. Wiseman

 

Classic Gossamer Triangular Shawl
Inna Voltchkova

  

Evening Stockings for a Young Lady
Nancy Bush

 

 

 


Snowflake Lace: An Elements-of-Orenburg Scarf
Inna Voltchkova

 

 

Fire and Rose Shawl
Galina A. Khmeleva

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Stories, Projects & Techniques

8 Ganseys and Lace in the Orkney Isles—Elizabeth Lovick

15 Jess’s Cushion—Elizabeth Lovick

18 Fisherman’s Bounty–Dutch Traditional Ganseys: Sweaters from 40 Villages—Stella Ruhe
 
23 Vlaardingen Trio: Gansey, Hat, and Socks—Bianca Boonstra

30 Skolt Sámi and Their Knitting Legacy—Laura Ricketts

36 Skolt Sámi Mittens—Laura Ricketts

40 Red Mittens from Sveg, Sweden: Tracing Their Story—Ingela Fredell

44 Swedish Jämtland Mittens—Carol Huebscher Rhoades

48 Islamic-Patterned Shoulder Bag in Indigo and White—Chris Laning

50 Persian Slippers—Donna Druchunas
 
54 Fritillary Mittens—Heatherly Walker

58 Wellington Boot Liners—Laurie Sundstrom

60 The Prolific, Enigmatic Mademoiselle Eleonore Riego de la Branchardiere—Lesley O’Connell Edwards

65 Mademoiselle Riego’s Work Bag— Lesley O’Connell Edwards

68 Reaching Out: Knitting during the American Civil War—Beverly Gordon

72 Musket Mittens
 
73 Commend Me to a Knitting Wife: Resources & References for Civil War Knitting —Colleen Formby

78 A Civil War-Era Sontag to Knit— Colleen Formby

82 Baby’s Christening Set: Gown, Bonnet, and Stockings—Eileen Lee

87 Baby Booties to Knit from a Vintage Pattern—Nancie Wiseman 
90 How My Mother Learned to Knit—Marian Gold

94 Classic Gossamer Triangular Shawl—Inna Voltchkova

104 Evening Stockings for a Young Lady to Knit—Nancy Bush

108 Snowflake Lace—An Elements of Orenburg Scarf—Inna Voltchkova

117 Fire and Rose Shawl—Galina A. Khmeleva

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