The Hallamshire & District Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers met monthly in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. I was a member from the late 1990s through 2003.
One Saturday, I found several hanks of very fine, variegated yarn on…
This skirt featured hand- and machine-sewing, two courses of rickrack with crochet insertions, and a hand-embroidered eyelet ruffle. The rickrack was 1/4 inches wide. The cotton crochet thread was a little thinner than size 30, and significantly…