PieceWork September/October 2016

PieceWork’s annual nod to the literary world celebrates the clandestine world of the mystery genre. This download features behind-the-scenes stories on admired authors Ngaio Marsh and Patricia Moyes, as well as a salute to our much-loved literary heroines. You will find nine projects including a Knitting Bag inspired by sleuth Nancy Drew, Pippi’s Long Stockings and a delightful Regency-era doll dress fashioned after those of the Jane Austen period. Readers also get a glimpse into the world of beloved children’s author Jan Brett and the pattern to re-create the mittens from her beloved classic The Mitten, an adaptation of a classic Ukrainian folktale. And don’t forget to check out the winners of this year’s PieceWork Miniatures Contest!

Features and Projects included in this download:

• PieceWork Miniatures Contest 2016 Winners
• Inside the Mitten: A Peek into Jan Brett’s Adaptation of a Classic Ukrainian Folktale by Kathy Augustine
• Handwork and the Mystery Genre by Julie Turjoman
• Maudje-Jane Cloche to Knit by Julie Turjoman
• The Secret in the Stitches: Nancy Drew and Knitting by Kathy Augustine
• Nancy’s Knitting Bag to Knit by Kathy Augustine
• Dimity’s Baby Cap to Knit by Evelyn A. Clark
• Whodunit?: Ask Jane Austen by Mary Polityka Bush
• A Regency-Era Doll Dress to Sew and Embroider by Mary Polityka Bush
• A Scarf to Knit for Vera by Susan Strawn
• Fabrications: Textile Notes in Ngaio Marsh’s New Zealand Mysteries by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
• Carol’s Mystery Cowl to Knit by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
• Patricia Moyes’s Lethal Knitting Needle by Mimi Seyferth
• Windmill Socks to Knit by Mimi Seyferth
• Pippi’s Long Stockings to Knit by Laura Ricketts