Anne of Green Gables

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   linda-allen Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

   Believe it or not, I found a forum for knitters. I've pasted the link to a discussion about cotton-warp quilts on that site below. When we think of quilts, what usually comes to mind is a patchwork of cotton fabrics sewn together, not knitted. For Lucy Maud Montgomery, however, a quilt seems to have been any kind of bed covering. So what Rachel Lynde was knitting was probably a large blanket.

   Another web page for knitters has this:  "Cotton warp is a kind of cotton thread. It's used for the warp threads in weaving. It is about the same weight as a sport weight woolen yarn." This site, knittheknits, has pictures of blankets of this type.

   I hope this helps!

    

   Sources:

   http://knittheknits.blogspot.com/2007/10/time-passing.html

   http://www.woolworks.org/dcforum/patterns/349.html

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   Posted by linda-allen on Sunday April 20, 2008 at 5:57 PM