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A Pair of Women’s Muhu Gloves to Knit

Did you know that Muhu gloves were usually made for the dowry, and a bride may have given up to a hundred pairs to her new family?

Victorian Tatting the Weldon’s Way: Round Loop Edging

Here’s our 16th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat a “Round Loop Edging.”

A Pattern from the Past: Baby Socks

A dainty knitted pair of baby socks decorated with pink and green tulips inspired this project and my admiration for their maker, Tamsen Dame McBride.

Roving Reporter: Carding and Spinning Tips for Fair Isle Knitting

How do you create the shading and shifting gradients that make Fair Isle knitting so irresistible? You can start with fibers that are all exactly the color you need, or you can blend them yourself!

This Week in History: Queen Elizabeth I of England Ascends the Throne

As queen, opulence and splendor were no strangers to Elizabeth I. This included Elizabeth’s embroidered clothing and her knitted silk stockings.

Knit a Pair of Lace Dancing Socks

Donna Druchunas’s lovely lace socks, featured in the PieceWork, were made for dancing—traditional Spanish-style dancing of the Charras from Salamanca, Spain.

Lace Stockings: Agnes’s Silk Stockings to Knit

A fictional character named Agnes, from the novel Secrets in the Lace, gets a pair of handknitted stockings.

Spinning for Lace, Knitting for Love with Margaret Stove

Margaret Stove’s knitting and design are known around the world—after all, she received the Queen’s Service Medal and designed official gifts for 2 royal babies.

A Torchon Lace Edging to Crochet

Crochet has proven to be a perfect technique to mimic other forms of lace, including bobbin lace, filet, tatting, Venetian needle lace, and drawn thread work.

A Lace Scarf based on Cousin Martha’s Knitted Shawl

What stories are captured in the stitches of a knitted shawl? Every time I see a piece of historical knitting, I find myself wondering about the person who made it and the person who wore it.