Dear Arachnids, For those who are stateside and can get to a large bookstore or public library to read it -- the July-August 2010 issue of "PieceWork" is devoted to Samplers. Represented are crochet, bobbin lace, knitting, sewing and embroidery. _www.pieceworkmagazine.com_ (http://www.pieceworkmagazine.com) for projects/articles/etc. everyone can view. The cover, and a 3-page inside article are about crochet samples sewn into a fabric-page book. Please remember that back before public schools, women who crocheted could look at a sample and reproduce it -- in quantity -- to sell. An example of a crochet sample pillow top is shown, for inspiration. There is a 5-page article about a knitted lace sampler from the Brooklyn Museum by Susanna E. Lewis, who has written a book "Knitting Lace: A Workshop with Patterns and Projects" based on this sampler. I have not seen the book to review it. Article has 3 of the patterns that you can knit. This is quite a famous original knitted sampler --- 3 1/2" wide (45-50 stitches) by 15 feet in length. Should really inspire our lace knitters! There is a Orenburg sampler to knit, by Galina A. Khmeleva - 5 pages. A 5-page article about bumps/knobs/bobbles/popcorns/tufts/nupps, by Nancy Bush. Includes a "bump" pillow to knit. A 2-page article about a old bobbin-lace sample book. A 2-page article about sample books from early 20th C.that are in the collection of the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University. A tribute to samplers that was published in 1929 in "Needlecraft" magazine (published just 8 miles from where I am writing this letter to Arachne). A 9-page article about England's rural smocking, including 2 pages of instructions for making a smocking sampler, and 2 pages on a Dorset crosswheel button to make. This entire issue could keep a needleworker busy all Summer! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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