PieceWork

2015

The September/October issue of PieceWork Magazine is literary-inspired! We start off with Kathy Augustine’s "Stitching with Paint: Inside the World of Jan Brett.” Jan Brett writes and illustrates delightful books for children of all ages; each is permeated with folklore and folk costume and each is mesmerizing. Mimi Seyferth uncovered fascinating information about beloved American author Nathaniel Hawthorne: "When most people think of [Nathaniel Hawthorne] and needlework, their minds turn to his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) and the intricately embroidered scarlet letter A worn by the skilled seamstress Hester Prynne as a symbol of her adultery. But it is a little known fact that, while convalescing from a foot injury suffered when he was nine years old, Hawthorne knitted a pair of stockings for the cat who then reigned in his family’s household.” How delicious is that?? And there’s more-references to knitting are a constant thread in many of Hawthorne’s works. You’ll also find Arthur Conan Doyle’s socks, Margaret Oliphant’s Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life written in 1883, the role of bobbin lace in Italian Carlo Goldoni’s eighteenth-century plays, and "The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Reimagined.” However, we haven’t just looked to the past for our "Needlework in Literature” examples. Two of our contributors drew their inspiration from current popular fiction: Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Plus! The winners of the 2015 Pincushion Contest are revealed!

Features and Projects included in this issue:
Stitching with Paint: Inside the World of Jan Brett by Kathy Augustine
For a Special Baby: Treva’s Boots to Knit, Felt, and Embroider by Kathy Augustine
Little Red’s Infinity Hood to Crochet by Brenda K. B. Anderson
A Hat Inspiried by Sansa to Knit by Katrina King
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Knitting by Mimi Seyferth
House of the Seven Gables Socks to Knit by Mimi Seyferth
Beaufoy Socks for Independent Women to Knit by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
Socks, Seacute;ances, and Sherlock Holmes by Donna Druchunas
Journey Thorough Time: Socks Inspired by Outlander to Knit by Heatherly Walker
Medallion Russian Shawl to Knit by Inna Voltchkova
Needlework on Stage: Venetian Lace in Carlo Goldoni’s Plays by Isabella Campagnol
The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Reimagined by Mary Polityka Bush

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Vol. 23, No. 5

Fiber Arts

English

Physical

Interweave Press

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