Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our ninth installment in this series from Volume 4.
Here’s our fourteenth installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat an “Eyelet Edging.”
Weldon’s Practical Needlework is known mostly for their whimsical yet practical knitting and crochet patterns. But did you know that they house a wealth of information on Victorian tatting, too? Tatters rejoice!
We offer up another mysterious Victorian knitting project from the pages of Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 1: Knitted Lace or Edging.
When cultures come together, craft can be a common language that facilitates community. A great example of this can be seen in the textile connections forged between the Amish and the Hmong in Pennsylvania.
In March 2018, I went home. Not to visit relatives, but to see my knitting family, the Madison Knitters’ Guild in Madison, Wisconsin.
It’s a good time to be a sock knitter thanks to the endless variety of sock yarns available today! I’m a handspinner, too. So I appreciate the yarn companies that also include unusual wool breeds in their yarn offerings.
The brightly colored band of patterning on the cuff of Nancy Bush’s “Amish Stockings and Socks to Knit” delights the eye.
Have you been planning a special knitting project to work on while you watch the upcoming Winter Games from South Korea? This major international sporting event only happens every four years! So why not celebrate with knitters around the globe.
To learn to spin, I tossed Jenna into the deep end and sat her down in front of a spinning wheel before teaching her on a spindle.