Title:

PieceWork

Year:
2008
Description:
How did they do that?
Step-by-Step photographs and instructions for a technique from times past: Here we examine the Macrame double half hitch

Russian Lace Scarf to Knit
Use the instructions and chart to create your own scarf with its charming "bantik” (Russian for "bow-tie”) motif

A doily to Filet-Crochet
A filet-crochet doily based on a Mary Card pattern that Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House Books, made is re-created here

The Nicolaides Shuttles and A ruffled Edging to Tat
by Mary Nicolaides
The author’s account of using the tatting shuttles that her grandfather made for her grandmother, and step-by-step instructions for tatting and elegant edging

Esther Oldham: Collector of Fand and Lace Extraordinaire
by Lynne Zackek Bassett
Discover the lace collection, now in the collection of the Wellesley (Massachusetts) Historical Society, that Esther Oldham amassed.

A Lace Fan to Knit and Knitted Lace Fans
by Deborah Robinson
The author has adopted fand as a medium through which to display her work; she offers instructions for creating your own knitted lace fan.

The Many Lives of Old Lace
by Elizabeth Kurella and
A Lace Bridal Purse to Make
by Suzanne Rosser
Lacemakers in the nineteenth century who turned to recycling when they could no longer find work making new lace advertised their services as "transferrers”. Learn to "transfer” a corner motif from a damaged lace-edge handkerchief to embellish a purse.

Lace Socks to Knit
by Ann Budd
These fancy lace socks are worked in a combination of cables and lace-leaf motifs.

Lacemaking in Ipswich, Massachusetts: An Unlikely Enterprise
by Karen H. Thompson
Samples of bobbin lace made in eighteenth-century Ipswich are preserved among Alexander Hamilton’s papers at the Library of Congress; the pricking (pattern) for one and a lace sample made by a former resident of Ipswich are in the Smithsonian Institution.
Month:
June
Barcode:
07482094755506
Issue Number:
06 - Lace
Volume:
Vol. 16, No. 3
Genre:
Crafts
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Subgenre:
Fiber Arts
Language:
English
Type of Magazine:
Physical
Publisher:
Interweave Press
Date Added:
2024-09-10 07:19:27
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$9.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-09-10
Date Added:
2024-09-10 07:19:27

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