Knitting Now and Then

Mostly about knitting history. Sometimes about what I'm knitting. Sometimes about other things too.

Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Thursday, 13 August 2026

Underwear and Other Garments

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There were some very nice patterns in a recent donation to the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection, and I thought I would share some of ...
Saturday, 24 January 2026

Wolsey Knitting Wools

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  Wolsey leaflet 943 I was aware of Wolsey as a long established brand name of ready-made knitwear and hosiery, and I can just about remembe...
Friday, 27 October 2023

An (Almost) A to Z of Knitting Needle Brands

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Back in 2014, the volunteers working on the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection had a week of concentrated work trying to sort out the h...
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Wednesday, 6 September 2023

The P&B Family Album

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Patons & Baldwins became very good at advertising their wares by the 1930s.  They were publishing about 100 'Helps to Knitters' ...
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Saturday, 23 May 2020

The Viyella Knitting Recorder

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Anyone who follows me on Instagram (@barbaraknitsagain) might have seen that earlier this month, I posted about a Viyella Knitting Recorder ...
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Barbara
I'm retired and live in West Yorkshire (in England). I returned to knitting at the end of 2009, after a long gap. I'm fascinated by old knitting patterns and women's magazines. Since 2011, I have been sorting and cataloguing the collection of publications held by the U.K. Knitting and Crochet Guild - magazines, pattern booklets, pattern leaflets and other publications. It is a wonderful resource for researching the history of knitting and crochet in the 20th century. With the centenary of the First World War in mind, I have been investigating the knitting and crochet activity at that time - the vast quantities of knitted comforts for the troops, but also what women made for their families and their homes.
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