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Needlework Annie's Attic 
 A collection of illustrations and video guides for the most-used stitches in a variety of crafts, including knitting, crochet, crochenit, tatting, and embroidery. Sample patterns are included. http://www.anniesattic.com/ Topics: Crafts Last updated May 19, 2009 Are You Wearing Woolies? Medieval Knitting, Nålbinding
Annotated links to websites about period knitting. Includes sites about medieval Muslim knitting, Egyptian socks, hand-knit stockings from the 1500s, Viking-age yarnwork (nålbinding), and more. From SCAtoday.net, a website "offering news, information, and discussions ... to members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)." http://www.scatoday.net/node/3765 Topics: Crafts Last updated Feb 24, 2009 Counted Cross Stitch, Needlework, and Stitchery Page
Free patterns and a calculator for finding the amount of material a project will require are just two of the helpful features found at this site. Also included are FAQs, links to needlework suppliers, message boards, and organizations. http://users.rcn.com/kdyer.dnai/ Topics: Crafts Last updated May 22, 2003 Hmong Textiles
A collection of over 20 images of textiles from the Hmong people of Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, and from Hmong-Americans. Includes examples of "flower cloth" ("paj ntaub"), which "is used to decorate traditional Hmong clothing and are valued as works of textile art." From the Southeast Asian Archive, University of California, Irvine. http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/hmong.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts Last updated Aug 10, 2003 Mola Collection
Mola means blouse in the Kuna Indian culture of Panama. To collectors, a Mola is a fabric panel, intricately appliqued in primary colors hand-stitched by Kuna women. http://thorup.com/mola.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Crafts Last updated Dec 2, 2002 Threads Online
This site is from the popular Threads magazine, with articles on materials, machines, tools, patterns, design, fitting, and working with fabric. Discussion forums allow questions to be posted and answered and there is an annotated list of Web sites for sewers. Most of the information is geared toward garment construction, but there is also information on quilting and a collection of machine-embroidery design downloads. http://www.threadsmagazine.com/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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