Banded rib

Name/Title

Banded rib

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.229

Description

From the book: "This pattern is useful as a soft, thick ribbing accent, or as a fancy-textured fabric. It may be added to a plain garment in either vertical or horizontal bands."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 6 : Twist Stitch Patterns

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Brianna Harden

Time Period

circa 2020

Place

City

Brooklyn, New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Brianna learned to knit as a teenager, but it wasn't until recently that she picked it up again with renewed excitement -- now, she always has a project or two in the works! She loves that knitting can serve as a time capsule and always remembers what was going on in her life while she was knitting a particular project. She often knits while riding public transit, in cars, or on planes, so when she wears finished pieces she'll think of the travels that the work-in-progress was a part of. This swatch was made during an eventful and difficult time for her -- she worked the first two rows while sitting in a hospital before having surgery. Even though this swatch was quick work, knitting it was respite and distracted from the complexities of the present.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

3

Parts

Swatch, typed tag, typed letter.

Color

Blue, Green

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library