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On
the Cover:
Amanda Berka’s Knitted Pillow
Cover Inspired by a Quilt
Quilt made by Ann Swanson’s great-greatgrandmother
Frances Louisa Humphrey Crosbie.
Circa 1880. Photograph by Joe Coca.
 Knit an Elegant Edging
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 Two quilts from the collection of the Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, Colorado.
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Elizabeth Zimmermann, Meg Swansen, and the
Schoolhouse Press Family: Joyfully Opinionated
Knitters, The Etymology of the I-Cord, and
An I-Cord P otholder to Knit
Lizbeth Upitiscelebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Schoolhouse Press, and Meg
Swansen provides insight into the versatile knitted I-cord.
The Delineator Leaf Lace Edging to Knit
Nancie M. Wiseman offers a pattern from Miss Blanche Beau’s notebook of lace
and knitting instructions.
Traveling Stitches
Susan M. Strawn explores the knitting knowledge and traditions that pioneer and
immigrant women took with them as they made their way across the continent during
the nineteenth century.
Knitting in Estonia and Setu Socks to Knit
Nancy Bush examines the history of Estonian knitted socks and incorporates the
openwork diamond patterns found on traditional women’s stockings from Estonia in these stylish socks.
Special Section: Quilts
Jane Austen’s Patchwork Coverlet
Pamela D. Toler delves into Jane Austen’s life and the patchwork coverlet that she
made in 1811.
The Floral Roots of Winnebago Star Quilts
Suzanne Smith Arney discusses the traditional ribbonwork incorporated into
contemporary Winnebago quilts that reveal the makers’ deep roots in a different soil.
Mary Eliza Battle: Her Life and Her Quilts
Carol Williams Gebel shares research on this Civil War–era woman and her surviving quilts.
Lillie Elizabeth Parsons Neuman’s Irish Chain Quilt
Marcia Kaylakie discovered this 1886 Texas quilt with its touching story.
A Quilt-Inspired Pillow Cover to Knit
Amanda Berka used two motifs in a circa-1800 whitework quilt as inspiration for her decorative pillow cover.
ON
THE WEB:
Quilting in the Great Depression
Catherine Litwinow investigates fabrics and patterns commonly used in quilts made during America’s Great
Depression.
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