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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Knitting for Kids:
    Versatile Designs
    by Judith Eckhardt Greer
  • The Magic Raglan:
    Sweater pattern
    by Jean Dickinson
  • Couching for Conversation and Display
    by Geoffrey I. Brown
  • Making a Leather Bag
    by Donna de Soto
  • Born to Shock: Elsa Schiaparelli
    by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri
  • At the Lesage Embroidery Ateliers
    by Claire Shaeffer
  • Improving the Bottom Line:
    Improving hem finishes
    by Alice Allen
  • Knitting in the North Atlantic:
    Faeroe Islands Culture
    by Madelynn Fatelewitz
  • Faeroese Footlets Pattern/Sweater Graphs
    by Madelynn Fatelewitz
  • Making Your Own Sloper
    by Mary Galpin
  • Expert Advice on Fitting a Sloper
    by Linda Faiola
  • Custom-made Feather Rings:
    Quilting Design Tutorial
    by Marianne Fons
  • Going Into Business
    by David, Mary Lee Cole
  • Fabric Collage(cover)
    by Deidre Scherer
  • Back Cover:
    Art to Wear, 50 Years Ago
    by Elsa Schiaparelli
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • TIPS:
    Freezer paper for quilters
    by Pauline Brown
    Another decorative ribbing bind-off
    by Alice DeCamp
    Even joins in circular knitting
    by Barbara Rottman
    Thread Scraps
    by Caroline Wallace
    A Quick Bind-off
    by Lanette Scapillato
    Simac(iron) Care
    by Susan Guagliumi
    Weights for added warp threads
    by Edel J. Petersen
    Making tailor's tacks through pattern tissue
    by Mrs. Lee Pecora
    Bobbin Winder fills thread spools
    by Shirley Hastings
    Set-in sleeves without ease basting
    by Stephanie Tretick
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Lattice Smocking(braid, bow ties)
    A: Joan Craft
    Q: Nylon-reinforced yarn for socks
    A: Meg Swansen
  • NOTES:
    Manipulating color with light & a computer
    by Jan Jasper
    Down-Under Tapestry
    by Mrs. Buzz McCarthy
    Art and Science of Conservation: Geoffrey Brown
    by David Cole
    Show of Respect: The Names Project
    by Charles Talley
  • Calendar
  • Reviews: Fashion and Surrealism
  • Summer Schools
  • Books
  • HUMOR:
    Confessions of a knitting addict
    by Elizabeth K. Braestrup
  • Supplies