A do-it-yourself mindset helps to fuel a centuries-old craft.
IT’S A RAINY Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, but the clouds haven’t kept 60 people from gathering at the St. Louis County Library headquarters. Supplies tucked into their backpacks, they greet one another warmly by name, their camaraderie eliciting a cozy, familial feel, much like the object of their shared affection.
With more than 200 active members, the monthly meetings of the Greater St. Louis Knitters’ Guild are much-anticipated events, complete with officers, an agenda, annual dues, and even an official photographer.
Members gather to socialize, knit, and show off their latest handmade wares, but the guild’s mission runs deeper.
“Charity is a big part of it,” says Joan Rangel, president of the Knitters’ Guild. “We donate more than 100 knitted hats every month to local nurseries, chemo wards, and shelters. You’ll rarely find a member selling their handmade creations. We’d much rather donate or gift them,” she says.
This story is from the November/December 2018 edition of DesignSTL.
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Cut from the Same Cloth
“Turkey Tracks” is a 19th-century quiltmaking pattern that has the appearance of little wandering feet. Patterns like the tracks, and their traditions and myths, have been passed down through the generations, from their frontier beginnings to today, where a generation of makers has embraced the material as a means of creating something new. Olivia Jondle is one such designer. Here, she’s taken an early turkey track-pattern quilt, cut it into various shapes, and stitched the pieces together, adding calico and other fabric remnants as needed. The result is a trench coat she calls the Pale Calico Coat. Her designs are for sale at The Rusty Bolt, Jondle’s small-batch fashion company based in St. Louis. —SAMANTHA STEVENSON
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