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Sharlotte DeVere’s grand-prize-winning pincushion
Photograph by Joe Coca.
A Summer Shawl
Needlework in a Mining Town
Crochet Polish Lace
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PieceWork Magazine Presents the Excellence in
Needle
Arts Awards—Pincushions 2008
We announce the winners of our recent contest.
An Estonian Triangular Summer Shawl to Knit
by Nancy Bush
An exclusive sneak peek from Nancy Bush’s forthcoming book on lace knitting in Estonia.
Patch Work: Needlework in a Pennsylvania Mining Town
and
The Patch House Edging to Knit
by Franklin Habit
The author explores the life in and needlework from the mining town where his grandmother lived
and offers an edging to knit inspired by the town’s company houses.
Dorothy Reade: Innovative Knitter, Spinner, and Designer
by Donna Druchunas
Lace knitter Dorothy Reade’s most lasting legacy was her championship of the use of symbol charts
for communicating complex knitting instructions. Use one of her original charts to knit a lace motif.
The Crocheted Lace of Koniaków, Poland
by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab
& Technique: Thread Crochet
by Toni Rexroat
For centuries, Koniaków was a dirt-poor sheep farming community struggling to exist; now it is the
most famous lacemaking center in all of Poland. Toni Rexroat offers step-by-step instructions for an
adaptation of a rosette from one of the delicate crocheted laces of Koniaków.
In Search of Martha E. Rust and Upperville Academy
by Carol S. Meeks
The author tracks down the maker of a sampler stitched in 1822.
A Sampling of Samplers from the Old Sturbridge Village
Collection
& Motifs for Cuffs, Collar, and Pocket to Cross-Stitch
by Robin Laukhuf
Variety characterizes the samplers in the Old Sturbridge Village collection; the author selected three to
showcase here and used motifs from one to embellish our project shirt.
The Clifton Flag: A Symbol of Defiance
by Betty Whiting Flemming
A Union flag made by three sisters living in Virginia during the Civil War remains a family treasure.
How Did They Do That?
Step-by-step photographs or illustrations and instructions for a technique from times past:
We examine thread wrapping in this installment.
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PieceWork Excellence in Needle Arts Awards—Pincushions
View forty-four of the entries, including all of the winners
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