Volume XVII

Number 2

F e a t u r e s / P r o j e c t s

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Monograms for Handkerchiefs to Embroider

Dress up contemporary or period attire with our elegant monogrammed handkerchiefs.

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Commend Me to a Knitting Wife: Knitting during

the American Civil War and A Civil WarEra
Sontag to Knit b y C o l l e e n F o r m b y
The authors research will enlighten anyone interested in re-creating period
knitted goods.The sontag was an article of womens clothing worn for warmth
in mid-nineteenth-century America.

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Patriotic Toil: Knitting Socks for Civil War

Soldiers and Civil War Socks to Knit b y K a r i n T i m o u r
During the American Civil War (18611865), wives, mothers, and the girls
left behind worried, prayedand knitted as they never had before. Both original
instructions and modern interpretations are provided for knitting Union and
Confederate socks.

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A Pinkeep to Embroider

by Elisabeth Shure

The tree motif on this pinkeep is adapted from those seen on eighteenthand nineteenth-century Nantucket, Massachusetts, needlework samplers.

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A Seventeenth-Century Undershirt to Knit

by
M a r y M e r r i l l , A n n e S e a m a n s, B e t t y S h a n n o n , a n d A d e l e H a r v e y

Re-create an undershirt, probably worn over a shirt and under an outer garment,
based on one in the collection of the Museum of London.

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A Babys Gown to Smock b y A l l y n e H o l l a n d and

Moms Smocking b y E m i l y - J a n e H i l l s O r f o r d
Step-by-step instructions for creating a stunning silk babys gown
embellished with hand smocking and an authors reflection on the
smocking worked by her mother.

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Letter from the editor

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2 On the Web

Recent additions to our website

pieceworkmagazine.com
3 By Post

Letters to the editor

4 Book Marks

Books of interest

7 Necessities

New products
8 Calendar

Upcoming
events
10 How Did They Do That?

Step-by-step photographs and

instructions for a technique from
times past: lucet braiding
42 Abbreviations

Definitions

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