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Volume XVIII    Number 5

F eatu r e s / P ro j e c t s
14 Jane Austen’s Women and Their Crafts by Jennifer Forest
Set within a historical context, Jane Austen’s references to craft in her novels were
well recognized by her readers.
32 15 A Miser’s Purse to Knit and A Netted Coin Purse to Make
Two projects from Jane Austen’s Sewing Box: Craft Projects & Stories from
Jane Austen’s Novels by Jennifer Forest.
20 Deadly Yarns and Knitted Fictions b y J o Tu r n e y
Miss Marple lives on in contemporary knitting mysteries.
21 What Would Miss Marple Knit?
A shawl, of course. Use the reproduction of a 1930s English pattern to create your own
“Miss Marple” shawl.
23 From the Little House on the Prairie to a Career
as a Prolific Author, Editor, and Political Activist:
Rose Wilder Lane b y D o n n a D r u c h u n a s
Rose Wilder Lane chronicled her observations on textiles and needlework in many of her books and articles.
27 A Lace Edging to Knit b y M a r y F r a n c e s Wo g e c
A re-creation of one of the lace edgings in Rose Wilder Lane’s Woman’s Day Book of
American Needlework.
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30 Knitting Gloves in Brian Friel’s D ancing at L ughnasa
On the Cover by Elizabeth Cobbe
What Would Miss Marple Two of the five Mundy sisters in Brian Friel’s play earn extra money by knitting gloves for sale.
Knit?, page 21 32 Ballybeg Homeworker’s Gloves to Knit by Elizabeth Cobbe
Photograph by Ann Swanson
Gloves designed to serve either as a pattern for hobby knitting or as a project to be worked
on in a performance of Dancing at Lughnasa.
Purses from Jane Austen’s
Sewing Box, page 15 36 The Firebird: Magical Protagonist of Russian Fairy Tales
Rose Wilder L ane from
b y I n n a Vo l t c h k o v a
“Little House” to
The highly coveted Firebird is both a blessing and a bringer of doom to its captor.
Needlework Author, page 23
37 A Firebird Feather Scarf to Knit b y I n n a Vo l t c h k o v a
The designer adapted the scarf from a Russian pattern.
C o lu m n s / D e p a r t m e n t s
  2 Notions
40 Emily Dickinson and the Labor of Clothing b y D a n e e n Wa r d r o p
Emily Dickinson designed, stitched, basted, overcast, washed, bleached, ironed, packed,
Letter from the editor mended—and mended again—many articles of clothing.
  4 By Post
Letters to the editor 44 Needlework Down Under with T he L adies of M issalonghi
  6 Calendar by Mar y Polityka Bush
Upcoming events Colleen McCullough’s The Ladies of Missalonghi speaks to the hearts of those who love the needle arts.
  8 Book Marks 46 A Tray Cloth to Hemstitch by Mar y Polityka Bush
Books of interest Step-by-step instructions to make a textile like one that “the ladies of Missalonghi” might have made.
10 Necessities
Products of interest 48 Needlework in Children’s Literature by Julia Baratta
A selection of books that introduce children to the needle arts.
12 Tapestry
The new and noteworthy 51 Three Bookmarks to Make by Julia Baratta and Margaret Sies
53 Abbreviations Instructions for crocheting, embroidering, and knitting your own bookmarks.
Definitions
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