PieceWork Spring 2023

Find out about needlework education throughout time and different cultures, from hand-to-hand knowledge to twenty-first century virtual classes. See what you’ll learn!

• Enter the world of knitting legend Meg Swansen who learned from Elizabeth Zimmermann, her knitting-legend mother.
• Peek into the history and beauty and master the stitches of Hungarian írásos embroidery.
• Create a lace shawl that is based on the famed knitting charts of Herbert Niebling.
• Jump back in time to discover needlework themes throughout the pages of Louisa May Alcott’s stories.
• Be mesmerized by a pinwheel motif shawl based upon a Weldon’s motif and designed by a left-handed crocheter.
• Witness the wonder of Andean needlecrafts, as seen through the eyes of local children.

All items in the library are intended for personal use. Please do not distribute without written approval.