I hope you enjoy these remarkable crochet patterns inspired by historic first ladies of the White House. Happy President's Day!
One company, Weldon’s, began as a paper pattern company and became one of the most recognized needlework publishers in Victorian England.
As a self-proclaimed knitting nerd, I was delighted to review Mimi Seyferth’s new eBook, 5 Traditional Albanian Socks to Knit: A Travel Memoir in Stitches.
February 7, 1867 Beloved author of the Little House series of books (and needleworker) Laura Ingalls Wilder is born. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
I first encountered Dorset buttons when reading Burning Bright, a Tracy Chevalier novel that follows a family of button-makers as they make a new life in London during the eighteenth century.
American author and poet Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was born. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
Mixed in with the very practical sock knitting tips and techniques in Weldon’s monthly newsletters, you will find some charming Victorian recommendations for wearing and using handknitted socks.
This week in history: William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway marry. Here’s the needlework connection to this date.
We own a number of 19th-century needlework books and pamphlets, and let me tell you—they are FASCINATING. And sometimes comical, sometimes puzzling, to the modern crafter.
This lace knitting project allows you to explore nupps, with the end result being an absolutely drop-dead gorgeous rectangular shawl.