{"id":329,"date":"2017-02-26T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/26\/c-is-for-candlewicking\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T17:43:00","slug":"c-is-for-candlewicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/c-is-for-candlewicking.html","title":{"rendered":"C is for Candlewicking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nC is for Candlewicking<\/div>\n
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\nThis is the third blog in my series of alphabetical themed textile topics ( A is for Amalac, B is for Burlap)<\/div>\n
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\nIf you are not familiar with this needlework technique, it
\nis understandable  as this type of
\nembroidery is not common today.  The
\nhistory of candlewicking goes back to the late 1600\u2019s when Englishwomen
\nembroidered white bedspreads.  On a
\ntwilled woven linen ground they embroidered clustered flowers and fruits in
\nvery small French knots.  Flowing vines
\nwere made from white cord laid and couched. 
\nIn the late 18thC  this knotted
\nworked appeared in America where the white cord was replaced with \u201cwicking\u201d
\ngiving it the name \u201ccandlewicking\u201d. 
\nWicking is the material used for making fiber to be cut into lengths
\nused for making candle wicks.<\/div>\n
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\nThe early candlewicking was always worked white on
\nwhite.  Vines  and clusters of grapes were popular motifs, also sprays and
\nbaskets of flowers.  For early American
\ncandlewicking 4-, 6-, and 8 ply thread was used.  The needles were long with a large eye and a wide shaft.  After the embroidery was completed the
\nspread or counterpane was washed to shrink the fabric so that the threads were
\nheld in place more firmly. <\/div>\n
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\nCandlewicked spreads were replaced by the production of
\ntufted chenille.  In the late 1970\u2019s
\nthere was a limited renewed interest in this handwork, usually for the making
\nof small, decorated items, such as sachets. 
\nKits were available which contained the ground fabric, wicking, needles
\nand a pattern.<\/div>\n
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\n                      Design: Davie Harrington, LWS Productions, Inc., Union Lake Mi, 1983<\/div>\n
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\nTwo kits from my collection.  The Christmas stocking kit (No. 8639 “Snowflakes”) was produced by Creative Moments a trademark of National Paragon Corp., NY, 1983<\/div>\n
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\nThere are many vintage candlewicking kits in new condition
\navailable on eBay at very reasonable prices.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C is for Candlewicking    This is the third blog in my series of alphabetical themed textile topics ( A is for Amalac, B is for Burlap) If you are not familiar with this needlework technique, it is understandable  as this type of embroidery is not common today.  The history of candlewicking goes back to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}