Enjoy an issue of PieceWork
celebrating cotton. Cotton’s history goes back at least 7,000 years.
Greek historian Herodotus (circa 484 - 425 B.C.) wrote about trees in
India that were “. . . growing wild, which produce a kind of wool
better than sheep’s wool in beauty and quality. . . .” A
fourteenth-century European traveler writing under the pseudonym of Sir
John Mandeville started the myth surrounding “vegetable lamb”: “. . .
there grew there [in India] a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on
the ends of the branches. . . .” Cotton has been a favorite of
needleworkers for ages. For this summer issue of PieceWork, we’re celebrating this marvelous fiber!
This issue includes an irresistible story by Katherine Durack that
inspired the delicate Square and Border Pattern for Annie’s Tablecloth
to Filet Crochet Pattern. Also, enjoy Mary Polityka Bush's A
Handkerchief to Embroider in Shadow Work Pattern. The Counterpane Baby
Blanket to Knit Pattern by Carol Huebscher Rhoades is inspired by the
nineteenth-century Weldon’s Practical Knitter Volume 1. The
Victorian lace pattern has a woven look to it and just the right amount
of variation from row to row to keep it interesting but also easy to
knit.
Learn about Traditional Handprinted Scarves with Needlework Edgings
with Yazma and Oya from Turkey. These edgings are incredibly intriguing,
historical, and layered with meaning. Try your hand at it with the
Turkish Bell Oya to Make and work up sweet bells, perfect as an
addition to small projects. Plus, explore Cluny Tatting in A Square
Doily to Make by Dagmar Pezzuto.
With seven projects and plenty of storytelling incoporating historical
references, this issue of PieceWork is sure to keep your mind
entertained and needles clicking all summer long.
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- Englisch
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- Zeitschrift
- Verlag
- Interweave Press
- Herkunftsland
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