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PieceWork, July/August 2008
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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 (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 (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 (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 Koniakow, Poland & Technique: Thread Crochet (Toni Rexroat)- For centuries, Koniakow 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 Koniakow.
- In Search of Martha E. Rust and Upperville Academy (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 (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 (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.