Inspirations from the Past Pattern Download

The Weldon’s Practical Needlework collection put together by PieceWork is a wonderful glimpse into the past. Originally published in the late 1800s, they are a collection of patterns for various handcrafts, including crochet, knitting, tatting, needlework, and macramé.

The two scarves shown here are a new spin on edgings. The crochet pattern is worked from the center out in the round and uses the Wave Braid Edging from Volume 2 (Weldon’s Practical Crochet Edgings, Fifth Series). The knit pattern is only a few stitches wide and worked from the short edge; here, Katrina King used the Striped Border from Volume 5 (Weldon’s Practical Knitter Edgings, Fourteenth Series).

Materials needed:

• Handy Hands Lizbeth, size 10, 100% cotton thread, 122 yards (111.6 m)/25 gram (0.9 oz) ball, 6 balls of #629 Azalea Lt; www.hhtatting.com
• Clover Soft Grip Crochet Hook, size 0 (1.75 mm); www.clover-usa.com
• Tapestry needle
• T-pins

Finished size: 82 inches (208.3 cm) long x 6 inches (15.2 cm) wide

Gauge: 24 dc sts x 16 dc rows = 4 inches (10.2 cm)