Imagine how the knitted Gentlemen’s Silk Wristers, or Pulse Warmers from Volume 1 must feel.
Discover how inspiration for French fashion merchants made its way to Paris in the form of three ambassadors dispatched by Tippoo-Saïb.
This edging, taken from one of the swatches Evdokia created for the Chinese textile company, is worked in lacet crochet, a technique popular in the 1920s and 1930s that is closely related to filet crochet.
Julie Turjoman designed the stunning Peace Silk Beret and Cowl to Knit.
Guatemalan huipiles, a traditional, square-cut women’s blouse worn by Mayan women, are known for an abundance of colorful embroidery around the neckline.
In 1895, Weldon’s, the paper pattern producer, devoted the 27th series of its Weldon’s Practical Crocheter to “the furtherance of this pretty industry.
Today, pineapples are a produce department staple, available year round. But not so long ago, pineapples were an exotic treat, reserved for nobility and the upper classes of the west.
The story of Mary Elizabeth Greenwall Edie’s knitted-lace sampler book is included in the May/June 2016 issue of PieceWork.
Ever the industrious and thrifty crafters, Victorians found a use for almost everything. Case in point: Victorian fish-scale embroidery.
