Knitting Traditions, Fall 2014 Digital Edition

Celebrate history with 21 projects to discover and re-create! In PieceWork’s ninth edition of Knitting Traditions, we explore the practical and creative evolution of knitting. Beginning with a visit to the Orkney Islands, we learn how gansey and lace stitch designs evolved there both through everyday life and because of its particular geography. Then we sail to The Netherlands where, through the colorful lives of fisherfolk, ganseys and their stitch patterns developed into a rich Dutch tradition full of its own symbolism and history. And there are other sorts of adaptions in this issue. A few of the projects included in this issue: Jess’s Cushion by Elizabeth Lovick Skolt Sámi Mittens by Laura Ricketts Red Mittens from Sveg, Sweden: Tracing Their Story by Ingela Fredell Swedish Jämtland Mittens by Carol Huebscher Rhoades Islamic-Patterned Shoulder Bag in Indigo and White by Chris Laning Persian Slippers by Donna Druchunas Fritillary Mittens by Heatherly Walker Wellington Boot