These party socks were inspired by a number of historic socks Nancy Bush has been fortunate to see in various museums over the last ten years.
Many of you know that the PieceWork staff really loves Weldon’s Practical Needlework, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Weldon’s, a prolific Victorian pattern company located in London.
For knitwear designer Vicki Square, the illustrations in Weldon’s Practical Needlework provide a great source of enjoyment and inspiration.
PieceWork is so fortunate to have Galina Khmeleva, doyenne of Orenburg lace knitting, as a frequent contributor.
PieceWork’s 11th Historical Knitting issue features three tantalizing pairs of mittens, and the Lithuania-Inspired Floral and Entrelac Mittens have charmed their way to the top of my project list.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, a new style of art emerged in Scotland’s largest and most bustling city, Glasgow. Learn about the artists who helped establish this movement, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.
A polushawl (polushalok in Russian) is a smaller version of a traditional Orenburg warm shawl.
In the November/December 2013 issue of PieceWork, contributor Betsy Butler shares a bit about Mrs. McKinley’s passion for crochet in her article, “First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley and Her Crocheted Slippers.”
In the Fall 2018 issue of PieceWork, Carol Huebscher Rhoades offered up some fantastic tips for knitting at a fine gauge with her darling pair of baby socks based on a Victorian-era pattern from Weldon’s Practical Needlework.
