The newest issue of the eMag Sockupied is now available, and as always, it’s teeming with stunning patterns and fresh takes on sock-knitting techniques. From delicate leafy lace to colorful bobbles, there’s plenty of knitting to keep your...

Toilet Tidy Night Cap Antimacassar That’s what they called it, though . Weldon’s Practical Crochet . We’re publishing the Ninth and Tenth Series and I have to say, I had to dig deep for the “practical” part. You’ve...

Episode 702 of Knitting Daily TV focuses on comfort knitting, from big-stitch projects, felting, and more. Watch a preview of episode 702: Getting Started: On this Getting Started segment with host Eunny Jang, Eunny gives an overview on felted knitting...

What do Jane Eyre , Like Water for Chocolate , and the Bayeux Tapestry have in common with nursery-rhyme buttons and French émigrés? Quite a few things, actually. For one, they live at that glorious intersection where literature meets handwork...

When I think of Irish crochet, I think of poor women in dank, smoky crofts churning out gossamer filigree for the wealthy while their children gnaw on cold potatoes. I know, I know—stereotypes! But there’s a lot of historical truth behind...

I know I’m not alone in the joy I take in reading through early back issues of PieceWork . Sometimes in the furious editorial planning of a new year, it’s useful to look back at where we’ve been—plus it’s really fun. I rediscover...

The temperature here suddenly dropped to 23 degrees last Saturday. This, after a long, hot summer and warm fall. So it was with mixed feelings that I picked up our newest knitting pattern book, Shades of Winter . On the one hand, the book was photographed...

Topsy Turvy Dolly by Sharon O'Brien When I was very young—maybe three years old—my mother’s friend made and gave to me an “upside down” or “topsy turvy” doll. One side was made of white muslin and had a pink...