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An interview with… Katherine Kennedy

A chance discovery at an estate sale put Katherine Kennedy on the road to Swedish Weaving stardom! She sat down with us to discuss the little-known stitching technique that she’s determined to revive!

Thanks for taking the time to chat with us! First things first – what is Swedish Weaving?

Swedish Weaving, which is also called huck embroidery, is a type of surface darning embroidery that creates designs by weaving floss or yarn under raised floats on woven fabric, most commonly huck towelling (hence, its other name).

It was popular in the Thirties and Forties

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