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Knitted Socks: Stars on Your Toes

If you were limited to just one way to shape the toe of knitted socks, what method would you choose? I will occasionally ask myself silly questions like this one to promote entertaining the possibility of trying a new technique.

Linda’s September 1981 Haapsalu Scarf

The pattern for this square scarf comes from Linda Elgas’s book Haapsalu rätikud [Haapsalu Scarves] published in 2001 with support from the Haapsalu Handicraft Society in Haapsalu, Estonia.

Corrections 2008

Errata and corrections for the 2008 issues of PieceWork

Corrections 2011

Errata and corrections for the 2011 issues of PieceWork

Join the Knitting in Early Modern Europe Project!

Knitting in Early Modern Europe (KEME) is a European Union-sponsored project with the aim of expanding knowledge of the origins and development of knitting from 1450 to 1750.

This Week in History: The Great Emigration

The Oregon Trail, pioneers, and wagon trains—these words conjure up romantic images. The reality, however, was far from romantic—it was arduous and fraught with danger; for many, it was deadly.

Rickrack: “Make Plain Things Beautiful.”

Rickrack conjures memories of brightly colored chevron embellishments on dresses and other garments from our childhoods.

The Traditional Red Embroidery of the Slavic People

Embroidery, one of the foremost Slavic folk arts, was so revered that it was mentioned in folktales, songs, and proverbs.

Needlecraft Magazine: A Bag for Knitters to Knit

The November 1924 issue of Needlecraft magazine featured “Bags for Many Uses, Desirable and Different” by Addie M. Bodwell.

This Week in History: Author, Chevalier, and Knitter Edith Wharton

France bestows its highest honor—Chevalier of the Legion of Honour—on Edith Wharton for her remarkable war-relief efforts in Paris during World War I (1914–1918).