Crochet Traditions Fall 2012, a 148-page special issue from
PieceWork
magazine, explores the rich variety and techniques of crochet with 28
patterns for mittens, a skirt, hats, a shawl, bags, socks, and more.
Companion stories frame projects in their cultural or historical
context. In addition to this beautiful treasury of tradition and design,
crocheters from novice to advanced will love the special focus on
techniques, ranging from Irish crochet and tapestry to Tunisian and
filet.
Here's what Interweave has to say about this publication:
It’s Lacy
Originally,
crochet wasn’t considered a technique for making true lace and often
mimicked bobbin-lace or needle-lace techniques. Crochet Traditions
Fall 2012 includes contemporary renderings of vintage patterns designed
to mimic both Armenian and Battenburg lace, but it also illustrates the
beauty and variety of several crocheted-lace techniques. A whole
section is devoted to lace which just might prove that crochet is the
perfect lace technique after all. Learn six separate motifs in one
knockout Clones Irish lace project. Filet and broomstick lace patterns
are also included.
It’s Worldly
Travel
to India to learn about the tradition of crocheting coins into purses.
Visit Sweden and meet Berit Westmann, a lifelong crocheter working to
teach and preserve the history of crochet in her country—and slip stitch
crochet a pair of mittens based on one of her designs. Explore the
tapestry crocheted hats of the Foumban people of Cameroon in western
Africa and make your own.
It’s Fun
Discover
a section devoted to fun vintage crochet patterns. We’ve included a
doll’s dress, a sweet donkey based on a 1936 Needlecraft magazine
pattern, a cat, and a lamb. Filet-crochet Sunbonnet Sue with her puppy
and create your own lacy fruit basket in hemp cord. Tapestry and slip
stitch crochet your own colorwork socks based on a nineteenth century
mystery sock.
It’s History
As with PieceWork and all of its special issues, the projects are unbeatable, but it’s the history we love. Crochet Traditions Fall
2012 is full of rich stories profiling crocheters of the past and the
present, spanning the traditions from 1880s Ireland and Italy to fashion
choices of the early twentieth century in America. A grandmother and a
great-grandmother’s legacy of crocheted work create fond memories in the
lives of two authors and led to two designs based on the original work.
