Weldon’s-era Victorian knitters had some interesting ideas and innovations for sock heels particular to various countries from the United Kingdom to the continent.
Enjoy this excerpt from “Ladies Useful Stockings to Knit,” an adaptation from Weldon’s Practical Needlework featured in PieceWork March/April 2010.
PieceWork invited Spin Off editor Anne Merrow to give us an inside perspective about Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez's video workshop, Andean Knitting.
The original socks were the most expensive socks for sale in the Gjirokastra gift shop where I purchased them. According to the shopkeeper, the higher price was attributable to the fine quality of the heavy wool yarn used to knit the sock.
We can walk a path together through Weldon’s Practical Needlework, and let those amazing Victorians show us a thing or two. Inspiration is found on every page in the historical needlework techniques and patterns.
In “Knitted Together Through Time” Jacqueline Blix revisits a family heirloom shawl knit by Joseph Sheldon Long, a World War I soldier.
I never thought I would warn you to not make something from Weldon’s, but these projects are unsafe for any home. Do Not Try This!
We now offer the fourth in our five-part series of Frances’s Knitted-Lace sampler re-creations, Mary Elizabeth’s “Lace No. 12.”
Estonia’s knitwear is fascinating. Expert knitter and designer Nancy Bush has been a student and teacher of Estonian textile traditions for many years.
This is a traditional Albanian design worked with techniques and materials American knitters will be familiar with, such as wool-nylon sock yarn and two circular needles.