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...

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...

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...

I was looking back through old issues of PieceWork the other day, and hovered over the ones for 1996. That was a very good year—among many other things, it included a special issue on textiles and...

The world of crochet is about to get even more exciting in 2013. The new and the traditional combine in a collection of new crochet books. Whether your New Year’s resolution is to learn to crochet...

Tay Tartan Cardigan Cromarty Coat Riding a train from Edinburgh, Scotland, to points farther north many years ago, it seems like I spent hours gazing out the window at nothing but vibrant yellow flower...

Whether your style is elegant or rustic, thrifty or decadent, everyone gets cold feet in the winter months. Even though the days are getting longer, our coldest months may still be ahead of us. To chase...

When does a shoulder scarf become a sweater, and vice versa? Putting together PieceWork ’s newest eBook, 7 Stylish Scarves from 1918 to Knit , has made me ponder this. Chinon Rita Some background...