Shetland fern stitch

Knitted Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Shetland fern stitch

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.387

Description

From the book: "Here is one of the loveliest of traditional Shetland lace pat- terns. Because of its popularity it has been much varied, but most of the variations constitute an enlargement of the pattern rather than a difference in the actual working of it. The version given here is basic."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 10 : Lace

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Yvonne Kolesar

Date made

Sep 21, 2018

Place

City

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Notes

Yvonne learned to knit from her mother. She loves tackling challenging patterns and knitted these swatches on a vacation by the sea.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

3

Parts

Swatch, handwritten note, handwritten tag.

Materials

Material Notes

Swatch knit with size 5 needles using Rowan yarn.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library