River and Woods Afghan, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2008 Editors' Note: We've invited Eunny Jang, editor of PieceWork 's sister publication Interweave Knits to talk about a traditional knitting technique that has been gaining in popularity...

We hear intarsia and we think color knitting. But intarsia is also an ancient technique of inlaying pictorial mosaics into wood—a technique that was highly developed during the Italian Renaissance. We take our term intarsia from the Latin interserere...

Everybody loves Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice , Sense and Sensibility , Emma , Northanger Abbey— the list goes on. Stories that you can just sink right into. Characters who come alive. Everybody has favorites, but I'll bet nobody's favorite...

Translating ethnic traditions into modern fashion is a tricky business. The pitfalls are legion: dumbing down, misconstruing, disrespecting, just getting it "wrong." Our first edition of Folk Socks , for instance, had a pattern for sixteenth...

Editors' Note: We invited Lisa Shroyer, editor of Knitscene , one of PieceWork 's sister magazines, to tell us what's new in her world. Melissa Lemmons's Ramona Cowl As editor of Knitscene magazine, I review a lot of knitting design submissions...

Editors' Note: We invited Karin Strom, Editorial Director of Interweave's Yarn Group, to tell us what's been happening in her world these days. I recently took a walk down memory lane— Interweave Knits memory lane, to be precise. I was...

Editors' Note: We invited Anne Merrow, editor of Yarn and Specialty Fiber eMags, to tell us what's new in the world of eMags. When it comes to historical textiles, socks usually get short shrift. Lace-edged tablecloths, gowns, uniforms, dolls...

I’m a big fan of the Tour de France: the British accents of the commentators, the gorgeous helicopter views of the chateaux, and the unique but complex strategies for winning all keep me glued to the television in July. Unfortunately, it’s...