Saturday, August 21, 2010

New Design: Ballybeg Homeworker's Gloves

Sometimes, it's tough to keep quiet about things! I knew for a few months that the current issues of Piecework would feature my article and pattern, and I couldn't peep.

It's well worth it, however, to see the magazine out in print now. It's a fabulous issue about needlework in literature. Check it out - there are also some great guides to intricate borders for things like pillowcases and handkerchiefs.

I contributed an article and pattern about the lace gloves that the characters work on in Brian Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa. The play, which is loosely based on the author's own family, features an example of the Irish homeworking industry of the early 1900s, which provided one of the few ways in which women could earn money for themselves and their families.

Check it out!



8 comments:

Adrienne Martini said...

Love.

DaneMum said...

I love those gloves - what a wonderful job you did making those. Congrats on getting your article and pattern published!

Kristin said...

Congrats! They are really beautiful!

Elizabeth Green Musselman said...

Those are so elegant, Elizabeth -- and congratulations on getting them into Piece Work! I'll have to get a copy of that issue so I can read the article, too...

Snowden said...

I subscribe to Piecework, but had no idea when we met the other day that this article and the accompanying pattern were by you! What a treat they were to read...I'm extra-pleased to be working on this new project with you now. :-)

Elizabeth said...

Thanks, Snowden! And the same to you.

Jo said...

So pretty!

Anonymous said...

Love these gloves! Are you thinking of releasing the pattern for sale? I can't get a hold of the mag and would love to make them!