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F e a t u r e s / P r o j e c t s Online Extras

Visit pieceworkmagazine.com for free projects and articles, the PieceWork index, back issues, and much more. New: Punchinello Caps for Knitting Needles to Knit by Ann Budd, A Profile of Rowan Yarns, A Kaffe Fassett–Inspired Scarf to Knit, and details on how to enter for a chance to win one of three kits containing all the Rowan Kid Classic yarn necessary to make the Kaffe Fassett–inspired scarf.

10 Diamond Basketweave Pattern by Barbara G. Walker

A brand-new pattern stitch from the author of the beloved Treasury of Knitting Patterns books.

12 Who Was Miss Money? In Search of a Victorian Knitter by June Hall

The author discovered handwritten directions for fourteen edgings and insertions penned “in code” by Miss Money circa 1847; she shares her quest to find information about Miss Money and offers some of the patterns, which she has decoded.

16 Knitting in Jewish Lithuania by Donna Druchunas with Anna Verschik

During the Holocaust in ghettos, in concentration camps, in hiding, and in the forest fighting with partisans, Jewish women and girls continued to knit. Anyone who had a skill, even one as seemingly commonplace as knitting, had a survival advantage.

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A Kippah to Knit by Donna Druchunas

Donna Druchunas designed a kippah (skullcap) in a lacy stitch that is appropriate for a Jewish woman.

22 Latvia’s Favorite Knitter: Jette Užaˉ ne by Barbara Plakans

Jette Užaˉne, a severely disabled farmwoman, was a nationally recognized knitter of mittens who chose to “paint her world view in yarn.”

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25 Birch Mittens to Knit by Barbara Plakans

Step-by-step instructions for making an adaptation of one of Jette Užaˉne’s original three-dimensional designs.

29 THE Brewster Stocking by Jacqueline Fee On the Cover Barbara G. Walker’s New Pattern Stitch, page 10 Photograph by Joe Coca

Ice Harbor Compass, page 41 Seventeenth-Century Circling Purls Pattern, page 30 Mitts with Tongues, page 38 Who Was Miss Money?, page 12

Jacqueline Fee examined the original of a man’s stocking made between 1620 and 1640 that is now in the collection of the Pilgrim Society in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

30 Contemporary Brewster Socks to Knit by Jacqueline Fee

Make this adaptation of the Brewster stocking with the intriguing Circling Purls pattern.

32 K  nitting for Income in Halland, Sweden by Anneli Palmsköld

From the seventeenth through the early twentieth century, knitting was a cottage industry in the southwestern coastal province of Halland, Sweden.

34 Mittens to Knit Inspired by a Late Medieval Mitten by Susan Strawn Contemporary mittens to knit in child and small adult sizes.

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Letters to the editor

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36 A Child’s Mitten from Sixteenth-Century London by Susan Strawn

The Medieval Gallery of the Museum of London exhibits this solitary mitten as a rare survivor of late medieval handknitted textiles.

38 Offering Mitts to Knit by Nancy Bush

Also known as “mitts with tongues” because of their unusual shape, offering mitts were a traditional hand covering in rural Norway.

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41 Ice Harbor Compass by Robin Lynn Scott

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44 Ice Harbor Compass Mittens to Knit by Robin Hansen

Books of interest

Definitions

Eleven-year-old Josy Eldredge has Compass mittens with magic knitted into them. Complete instructions for knitting “shrinking” mittens, a tradition in Maine and Nova Scotia.

48 Knitting for the Stage by Elizabeth Cobbe

Discover the many ways stage costume designers use knitted garments and accessories, including chain mail. A pattern for making your own knitted chain-mail hood is included.