knitting


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?

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.

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 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.

Orenburg Lace: A Medallion Russian Shawl to Knit

In Russia, you will not find anyone who has not heard of an Orenburg “downy” shawl—the warm, heavy shawl with the light, delicate lace-patterning called “cobweb.” Downy shawls are distinguished by a center design.

A Vintage Tatted Edging from Needlecraft Magazine

Here’s a tatted edging originally published in Needlecraft Magazine’s October 1928 issue.

Make a Tatted Square Medallion from Weldon’s

Enjoy a free tatted square medallion pattern from PieceWork’s “Trimmings.”

The Uses and Requisites for Victorian Tatting from Weldon’s

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. The following “uses” and “requisites” for Victorian tatting are reproduced here as they appeared in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4.