Acorn pattern

Name/Title

Acorn pattern

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.473

Description

From the book: "This is an old English pattern that makes a handsome novelty fabric."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 12 : Cable Stitch Patterns

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Lynn Ruppe Rhodes

Date made

Oct 31, 2018

Place

City

Brookhaven

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Lynn was taught to knit continental style by her Swedish-Norwegian grandmother when she was 11. She is now 66 with four children and eight grandchildren. Lynn enjoys using beautiful yarns and buttons and joining her friends every Monday to knit together at the local library. Her favorite items to knit are shawls and children’s sweaters. Apart from knitting, she has a window display and sales job and is studying silversmithing on Long Island.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Swatch, handwritten note.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library