This menswear-inspired pullover is knit with Rowan Hemp Tweed, a luxurious wooly-hemp blend with beautiful tweedy-flecks that really pop in the texture section of this sweater, and add dimension to the cabled panel.
This bottom-up sweater pays homage not only to sailor’s uniforms, but also to the “New Woman” of the early twentieth century who adopted a dress version of the iconic top.
In 2005, the owner of a damaged shawl asked Margaret Stove to restore the family heirloom as closely as possible to its original state.
One of the oldest surface-embroidery stitches, the coral stitch is a versatile and widely used member of the popular knotted-stitch family with the French knot being the most famous.
Embark with us on a PieceWork journey that celebrates “fine work.” We travel the globe and present examples of especially fine embroidery, knitting, needlepoint, and crochet.
Crochet is a language unique in needlework. Learning to crochet is like learning a foreign language that uses a different alphabet, a different construction, and a different elemental foundation.
For an example of knitting that would have been done in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Victorian era, we asked Carol Huebscher Rhoades to knit the Double Rose-Leaf pattern for us.
PieceWork’s electronic pattern book Weldon’s Practical Bead-Work, First Series, opens a window on another time and another place. The time is the turn of the twentieth century and the place is London, England.
We offer up another mysterious Victorian knitting project from the pages of Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 1: Knitted Lace or Edging.
February 15, 1820: Suffragette extraordinaire (and lace enthusiast) Susan B. Anthony is born.