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PWNov Dec 2011 Contents
PWNov Dec 2011 Contents
Number 6
F e at u r e s / P r o j e c t s
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In Berlin, embroidery patterns printed on finely ruled grids and then colored by hand
appeared for the first time in the early 1800s.
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by Ir i na S tep a nova
by C ha rl otte B oo th
Explore a recent project that reproduced two-toed wool Coptic (Egyptian) socks dated
circa A.D. 400 to 500 and now in the Petrie Collection.
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Icelandic Wool
by C ha rl otte B o oth
by Evely n A. Cl a rk
Sheep have been important to Icelands economy since the Vikings introduced them
in the ninth and tenth centuries.
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ON THE COVER
AN ICELANDIC BERET TO KNIT,
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Rieines from Lithuania to Knit
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by Do nna Dr uc huna s
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Meet four rare breeds of sheep and their delightful wools and explore how the action of a
single person can save an entire breed from extinction.
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Upcoming events
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A patriotic wool shawl made for Eliza Jane Hersey Andrew, the wife
of Massachusetts governor John Albion Andrew, was presented to
her by employees of the R. H. Stearns department store in Boston
at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.
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