Linda M. Perry has been a lifelong knitter and is a recent devotee of ganseys. With degrees in textiles and design, she taught in higher education for decades and now resides in Damariscotta, Maine. Her daily mantra is “No Idle Hands.”
Bargello? Some of us of a certain age may faintly remember it from the sixties and seventies—on Auntie’s mod pillow covers or a funky needlepoint belt. In this new millennium, we look back at the history and evolution of this needlework technique.