A Sisterhood of Knitting on TSP
THE CHRONICLES OF SISTERHOOD wouldn’t be complete without needles and yarn, so our knitting stories have been a natural way to channel things on TSP. You may have seen us on The Sister Project’s Ravelry group, or read snippets about our connection to needlework in posts throughout the network, but here’s a fuller directory of our knitting narratives—from project ideas, to gripes and success stories, to life-long relationships born out of crafting.
KNITTING WITH THE TSP FAMILY
From The Galleries:
Mason Dixon Knitting’s Crafty Duet: Some Kind of Crazy Friend Thing
Three of TSP’s founding sisters knit. One doesn’t. Even the outlier among us (Margaret) is thinking of casting on after reading the story of Mason-Dixon Knitting, their sibling stories, and their “crazy kind of friend thing.”
From Paige of ‘Hey Little Sister:’
Knitalong to Get Along
What got you started knitting (or haven’t you joined that sisterhood yet)? For TSP sister Paige it was some long-ago girlfriends at the local yarn shop.
Are We There Yet, Knitters?
Are we there yet? asks Sister Paige, who seems to have more unfinished projects on needles around the house than completed ones, and just cannot seem to break the non-finishing habit. Do any among the knitting sisterhood have the secret to her endlessness?
From Marion of ‘She Said She Said:’
She Doesn’t Knit (Big Surprise)
Margaret doesn’t knit; Marion does. So off she goes now, adopting sisters who share her beloved hobby, and have names like Needles of Iron.
Knitting up a Womb
Socks and sweaters? Why? When you can have a brand new, bright pink uterus (pictured)!
Searching for a Knitting Sister
Now Marion wants a different older sister, apparently. If she had one, that sister would know how Marion should fix this stretched out sweater, she says.
From Anastasia of ‘Claiming Sisterhood:’
Sister Stitches on TSP: Aunt Bonnie
Anastasia traces her love of knitting back to a dear aunt who faced all life’s challenges with some needles and yarn.
MORE SISTERLY CRAFTS
Crafting in the Company of Sisters: ‘Sister’ Diane Gilleland’s Calling
Sister Diane Gilleland of The Church of Craft preaches joy in the making and the power of the handmade article–especially if it’s created in the presence of others. Amen.
Sisterhood on the Needles
For Paige and ‘Little Sister,’ a session of mother-daughter embroidery recalls an earlier tradition of such hand-me-down crafting moments from her own childhood.
A Sister’s Crewel Words: Saying It With Needlework
Inspired by an embroidered handkerchief by Louise Bourgeois featuring a snarky quote (the handkerchief, pictured), Margaret challenged the TSP sisters to collect more examples of how to say it with needlework. A slideshow of their collected crewel words.
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First time here? Here's the idea: TSP is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in-friendship or in-feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: 
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No surprise, really, that sisterhood, often life’s longest relationship and always one of its most important, has been the Muse for so much creative self-expression by women, and also by men. 
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Can you tell me where online to find the portuguese fisherman’s sweater pattern. I too made one of these for my boyfriend and for myself when I was in school in the 80′s. My local yarn shop doesn’t have it, and, in fact, much to my surprise, the owner had never heard of it. Thanks.
Welcome, Jan. I am sending this over to my knitting sisters, Paige and Marion, and Paige is looking for a new link for you. Also, have you tried Ravelry? You will have to join (no fee) but I suspect you will get loads of help there finding it. More later…
I’m looking too. I remember the pattern and may even still have a copy. I just can’t remember who published it. Let me just look in this closet . . .
Thanks, Mary Elizabeth. Careful in that closet…things might fall. :)