tara's stitch*illo project 2017

 The knitting is finished. And I can't tell if I skipped a row on the second "T" or just pulled the stitches too tight for them to come back out in the blocking. At this point though, I'm going to live with it. The next step is to add the Uppercase Magazine symbol where it belongs. This was way too small to knit into the pattern so I decided to embroider it. The black is a satin stitch which went smoothly. The Uppercase U with arrow - not so smoothly. I lost count after pulling it out after 5 tries. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to stitch a straight line and not get a "v" at the bottom of your "u". I also cheated a little with the steeking. Since the edges are going to be hidden under the boards they don't have to look good. I'm terrified of this unraveling so I put a good bit of PVA right where I was going to cut it. It worked! Then I went to make the case and found that the knitting is not wide enough. I need 5cm to reac...

For just over ten years, I have had the privilege to be charged with the care of some of our country's most significant historical papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . Hidden among our vast collections of personal papers, manuscripts and genealogical materials are special gems such as this needlepoint covered bible. HSP does not collect artifacts. But when something such as this comes with a collection and is part of the researchable materials... well, who are we to discard it. And of course by now these have become items of research value themselves.  The Smith Family Bible's embroidered cover dated to the mid 18th Century. HSP is also the repository for  Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker 's personal diaries which span the years, 1758-1807. These are not the sparse, pithy, diaries of recording the weather and other mundane duties. Rather, they are eloquent and detailed, full of information of her daily life. Most often, the diaries are researched for h...