Twist zigzag

Name/Title

Twist zigzag

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.221

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 6 : Twist Stitch Patterns

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Shirley Leong

Time Period

circa 2020

Place

City

Suffield

State/Province

Connecticut

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Shirley's mother and grandmother taught her to knit as a young child. She would practice knitting and start over, so by the time she could read patterns she had an even stitch. She misses the yarn shops in Manhattan but is grateful for her local yarn shops in Connecticut!

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Swatch, handwritten note.

Color

Blue, Purple, Gray

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library