Knitting Traditions

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Stories, Projects & Techniques 8

• Socks
Especially for the Baby: 8 T
 he Rich Tradition of Turkish Knitted Stockings—
Amana Star-Pattern Anna Zilboorg
Knitted Bonnets—44
15 Bulgarian Stockings: Vivid Floral Designs and
Circular Motif Knitting—Priscilla Gibson-Roberts
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20 Elegant Socks—Nancy Bush
22 Knitted and Crocheted Socks from Ellis Island—Dixie Falls
24 Party Socks—Nancy Bush
26 Men’s Merino Socks—Nancy Bush
28 K
 nitting Two Socks at Once—One Inside the Other—Jacqueline Fee
• For Baby
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 Mother’s Care: The Knitting Madonnas—Richard Rutt
A Renaissance Silk Bag—Liza Prior Lucy
38 Shetland Lace Knitting in New Zealand—Margaret Stove
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K n itti n g 42 A Pattern from the Past: Baby Socks—Jude Daurelle
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Knitted Bonnets—Susan Strawn
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47 Baby’s Bootikins—Dee Lockwood

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 Sweater and Bonnet for Baby—Susan Levin
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A Stork’s Nest Scarf—114 Finger Puppets to Needleknit—130

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• Gloves, Mittens, Mitts & Cuffs
52 Colorful Maquitos—Priscilla Gibson-Roberts
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 he Symbolism of Gloves—Nancy Bush 116
62 Tvåändsstickning: Sweden’s Two-End Knitting—Nancy Bush
68 A Riot of Color: Swedish Mittens—Ulrika Bos Kerttu
72 S pecial Knits for Special Occasions: Wedding Gloves—Nancy Bush
76 Fancy Silk Mittens—Ann Feitelson
80 From the Arctic Circle: Sawtooth Mittens—
Leena Kariniemi-Alve
85 Colorful Cuffs—Nancy Bush 42
87 Beaded Cuffs—Carol Huebscher Rhoades
89 Wedding Cuffs—Nancy Bush
• Sweaters
92 A natomy of a Cowichan Sweater—
Priscilla Gibson-Roberts
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 Child’s Gansey Sweater—
Beth Brown-Reinsel
From the Arctic 99 E
 mma Jacobsson and Bohus Knitting—
Circle: Sawtooth
Wendy Keele
Mittens—80
• Shawls & Scarves
104 A Faroe Island Shawl—Marilyn van Keppel
107 Orenburg Gossamer and Warm Shawls from Russia—
127 Galina A. Khmeleva and Carol R. Noble
A Faroe Island Shawl—104

112 An Old Shale Shawl—Evelyn A. Clark

114 A Stork’s Nest Scarf—Nancy Bush
• caps & headband
116 A Qiviut Cap—Wendy Chambers
118 A Qiviut Lace Headband—Donna Druchunas
119 A Luxurious Red Cap—Galina A. Khmeleva
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• squares & Edgings
120 Squares and an Edging—Mary Walker Phillips
123 Leaf and Diamond Edging—Jane Fournier
124 Knitted Lace, Fluted Design with Eyelets—Needlecraft Magazine
125 A Wheat-Ear Border—Ann Budd
126 Diamond Normandy Lace—Judith Durant
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 hristine Duchrow and Art Pattern Knitting—Charlene Schurch
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 here Sand Falls Like Rain: Needleknitting from Ancient Peru—Kax Wilson
Finger Puppets to Needleknit—Jean Scorgie

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4 From the Editor
134 S ources for Suppliers, Techniques, and Abbreviations—Resources, illustrations, definitions