Do you ever read PieceWork? If you were to glance at PieceWork at your local news stand, mall bookstore, or library - you would be impressed with the amount of history and variety presented. The May-June 2017 annual LACE issue may still be available, or it can be ordered by mail. Someone wrote about it on Arachne, so no need to repeat. The July-August issue is about traveling the world through needlework. 1) It has pink knitted Estonian Roosimine (defined as - to decorate with roses) gloves on the cover. Those lovely colorful designs are not surface embroidery. Instructions are provided for an inlay technique knitted at the same time as the body of the gloves. 2) Charlotte Bronte's letter to sister Emily about making doll's clothes, illustrated with photos of the Sidgwick baby house (dollhouse) that is located in a Leeds England museum. 3) Pina cloth made from wild pineapple leaves in the Philippines - on which very delicate embroidery is applied. This will be the focus of an exhibit opening next month at Lacis in San Francisco. Pleased to note that my library has the only Pina book, listed in the bibliography. 4) Canada/U.S. - a vintage moose-design knitted sweater/jacket for men. 5) Mexican embroidered souvenir jackets from 1st half of 20th C. A lace maker might use this as inspiration to make a similar jacket featuring colorful needle lace. 6) Mary Card filet crochet. We maintain correspondence with the Australian crochet expert, Barbara Ballantyne, who provided photos in this article. Several of Barbara's books have been reviewed on Arachne. 7) A story about the English author and relief worker, Mary Edith Durham and Albania, with instructions for exotic knitted slipper socks (originals in British Museum). Her collections of Albanian and Yugoslavian embroideries and costumes are in England's museums. 8) Sports mittens from Norway. 9) An explanation of Shetland knitting belts (needlework tools). There is more on-line, free. If you do not want to give your e-mail address - click on the X in the box asking you to subscribe. We do not know whom they might share it with - and you can still read the contents at: _www.interweave.com/category/article/needlework_ (http://www.interweave.com/category/article/needlework)
My hope is that the general public - possessing higher levels of education than in the past - will be learning from this magazine published by Interweave, a company that also publishes books and other magazines related to threads/yarns and how they are used. This variety sort of reflects my dream for lace and embroidery, which you can find by searching Lace and Embroidery Resource Center. My 2003 letter to Arachne is first on the list. Update: Now, the American Textile History Museum is no more (killed, per news reports, by mis-management and a lack of interest and support from the community and textile industry). The other current news is that there are another 1,000 books in my library. If you look at the list of articles that pops up with the search, you'll find some other interesting information. The Pina exhibit can probably be accessed after it opens. It will run from July 7, 2017 to May 4, 2018. _www.lacismuseum.org_ (http://www.lacismuseum.org) Lots to dream about or discuss at your next small lace group gathering, if you are so inclined. If PieceWork magazine is not available in your nation, in a few months some of the contents will appear at the Interweave address above. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
