Seeking freedom of religion, Ann Lee, left England to establish the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing in the United States, a religious group founded in the eighteenth century.
In the vein of “no idle hands,” children took up needles, knitting everything from simple projects to socks, to aid soldiers during the Civil War.
Season 7, Episode 4: In honor of the magazine's pearl anniversary, we reached out to PieceWork's first and most recent editors for some pearls of wisdom about legacy, connection, craftsmanship, and what it means to tell needlework stories.
During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, drizzling became quite the fashion in France to carefully remove gold and silver threads from other textiles so they could be sold.
Books Written in Nineteenth-Century England for Those Teaching Others to Knit Stockings
The seventh edition of PieceWork’s Knitting Traditions, Fall 2013, is all about lace—its magic and mystery and its ethereal quality—as expressed in knitting.
The Orenburg knitting technique makes this delicate knit wrap lighter than air.