The candle tree

Knitted Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

The candle tree

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.481

Description

From the book: "On Rows 9-21 of this pattern, cabled crossings are performed on both sides of the fabric to make the graceful spread of the Tree's lower "branches". The upper boughs hold nine Leaf or Candle-Flame motifs, all alike, in a very naturalistic tree-shaped arrangement. The entire panel with its 52 rows is a complete design, roughly square in shape. It may be used only once, as a central ornament in a garment, or it may be placed in blocks at any desired distance from each other. It is an ideal pattern for bedspreads and throws, since it can be made in squares of contrasting colors and the squares then sewn or crocheted together. To repeat the pattern as a vertical panel, work several rows of some other pattern as a horizontal band before beginning the next Candle Tree."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 12 : Cable Stitch Patterns

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Lea Stern

Time Period

circa 2020

Place

City

Washington, D.C.

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Lea was taught to knit by her British mother and two older sisters when she was four. She has been knitting for 62 years and uses various patterns from Barbara Walker’s books. Lea enjoys using the patterns to design various garments and even has one pattern she has never found in her books for a child’s sweater knitted in 1939.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

3

Parts

Swatch, handwritten card, envelope.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library