Twisted check

Knitted Textile

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Twisted Check is the top half of the swatch and Swedish Check is the bottom half.

Twisted Check is the top half of the swatch and Swedish Check is the bottom half.

Name/Title

Twisted check

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.30.a

Description

From the book: "Swedish Check and Twisted Check are two very nice all over textured fabrics for 'tweedy' sports wear, coats, and sweaters. Twisted Check has a little more depth to it than Swedish Check, but Swedish Check is somewhat faster to work."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 2 : Simple Knit-Purl Combinations

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Joye Newman

Time Period

circa 2020

Place

City

Bethesda

State/Province

Maryland

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Joye learned to knit when she was in the 7th grade, over 54 years ago, and she has been knitting ever since. She frequently turns to Barbara Walker for inspiration and instruction, and she enjoys knitting sweaters for her children and grandchildren and designing and knitting socks.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitting (needlework), knitting (process), knitters

Parts

Count

3

Parts

Swatch, typed letter, padded envelope.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library