Stories in Stitches Book 5: The Civil War Era – Speaking Out
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Have you ever found a beautiful pattern in an antique knitting book with bewildering instructions that gave you a headache? In this article, I’ll go over the basic information you need to begin making heads or tails out of vintage and antique patterns. Several of the projects in this book include facsimiles of original nineteenth-century patterns as well as our updated instructions and charts.
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Description
Introduction
by Ava Coleman
« 1: SOJOURNER TRUTH »
Ain’t I a Woman? A Voice for Freedom
A Shawl for Sojourner Truth 8
Under Cap for a Lady 12
« 2: HARRIET TUBMAN »
Arlington’s First Lady 22
Lady Arlington’s Warm Shawl 26
« 4 : SPEAKING OUT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY »
The Women of the Supreme Court 30
Collars: A Civil-War Era Tradition Continues 36
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jabot 38
Sandra Day-O’Connor Cabled Collar 40
Sonia Sotomayor Grapevine Collar 44
Elena Kagan Blue Beaded Collar 46
« 5 : UNDERSTANDING PERIOD PATTERNS »
Secrets of Victorian Knitting 48
Easy Half-Square Shawl 56
« 6:TOOLSOFTHETRADE »
A History of Knitting Needles 58
Additional information
| Weight | 0.875 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 12 x 9 x 1 in |
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