PieceWork’s 11th annual Historical Knitting issue brings you the stories and projects that keep us fascinated with this topic—we can never get enough! Read sixteen captivating stories about knitting’s rich history. Knit seven projects inspired by the past. Visit nine countries in one of our most popular issues.

Read Interweave founder Linda Ligon’s communications with knitting historian the late Reverend Bishop Richard Rutt. Make mittens inspired by those from Lithuania, Sweden, and Latvia. Learn to knit socks and shape a toe the Portuguese way. Discover the little-known German fashion craze of men’s knitted calf warmers. Show off your stranded colorwork skills with Eileen Lee’s Scottish tam. Find out how a knitted sweater began Elsa Schiaparelli’s career as a designer.

Magazine published in January 2017 by Long Thread Media LLC

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