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Not too easy but not too difficult to make, this stole was born out of an idea of using a lace panel and mirroring its halved portion instead of repeating the same panel widthwise.
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Winter cap submerged in uniqueness due to its repeating staggered pattern and cap lining allowing you to knit freely without having to catch the long floats in the two-color stranded stitches.
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This sweet little cap was inspired by an extant hand-embroidered infant's bonnet from the Regency era.
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Fire or tinder pouches were usually made of leather, so these knitted pouches were special.
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Fond memories of childhood pincushions attracted Donna to the small knitted pincushions made during the Victorian era.
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This shawl grew out of a desire for a warm, comfortable shawl that was wide enough to cross the body and tie in back, leaving the hands free to knit, work in the garden, and around the house.
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In this beautiful scarf, a tribute to the brilliant British detective Vera Stanhope, Susan Strawn used Bluefaced Leicester wool grown and spun in Yorkshire, a nod to Vera’s home patch.
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Knit this scarf inspired by the "twist of crimson silk" that Grace Ansley is knitting in Edith Wharton's short story.
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A double-knit cowl with double-thick reversible fabric, red and gold on one side, gold and red on the other.
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Beautifully designed after Peruvian woven textiles and Andean traditional costumes, become inspired and make this scarf.
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Enjoy Mary Polityka Bush's instruction for tea dying and embellishment choices and make this cross-stitched piece reminiscent of the twentieth century embroidery.
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Although the original use for pence jugs was to hold small coins, knit this diminutive example and hang it on a holiday tree or insert a small gift in it.
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Eighteenth-century ecclesiastical vestments were the inspiration for this project, although the motifs were modified so that they would work on this smaller scale object.
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A classic Moorish motif with gorgeous filling patterns that are composed of long, thin, rectangle-framed segments, with diagonal lines of tiny squares.
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This thick, bulky scarf is inspired by Huldra, the keen observer from Scandinavian folklore who lures adults and children into the forest for nefarious ends!
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Eileen Lee's cozy fichu, inspired by those worn by the characters in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and by Alcott herself, will take the chill off indoors and out.
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Kathy Augustine’s sweet needle case. She based her design on a case in the collection of the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Art Museum.
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“Something new” for a bride—a satin purse with a gorgeous tatted medallion and a traditional handkerchief with a lovely tatted edging.
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This is a version of the little fish-shaped monederos (coin purses) made by knitters in the area around Puno, Peru, where fishing is an important economic activity.
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Both the original socks and the project socks feature diamond motifs in the long, narrow, rectangular field of the sock body.
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Bart Elwell's aim was to make the purse practical for today while retaining a vintage quality.
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Heathway Wool from Wales were used for all of the book cover's embroidery, and now you can stitch one yourself.
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Child size version of the stockings adapted from an 1847 issue of Codey's Lady's Book.
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