Knitting Now and Then

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

Showing posts with label Sheffield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheffield. Show all posts
Monday, 7 October 2013

Lucetting Workshop

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On Saturday I went to the October meeting of the Sheffield KCG group - the topic was lucetting.  I had barely heard of it, though it is a ve...
Thursday, 7 March 2013

Double Knitting in Sheffield

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Last Saturday, I went to a meeting of the Sheffield Knitting & Crochet Guild - I don't know why I hadn't thought to do that befo...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Mrs Patrick's Wool Shop

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I was working at Lee Mills yesterday.  It was a very cold day, below freezing outside when I got there, and like a fridge inside, so I work...
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Monday, 5 December 2011

Inside-Out Fair Isle

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When we were in Sheffield, buying a Henderson's Relish apron, my sister and I did a circuit of the John Lewis fashion floor, to see wh...
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Henderson's Relish

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Last week, my sister was visiting and we went to Sheffield, our home town, to do some shopping, including a trip to the headquarters of H...
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Thursday, 18 November 2010

Slow train to Sheffield

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On Monday, I went to Sheffield - I had some errands to do in the John Lewis store.  We usually go by car, and  it takes about an hour.  Ther...
Monday, 15 March 2010

Steel City

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This has nothing whatever to do with knitting..... On Saturday John and I had a shopping trip to Sheffield, my home town.  We had lunch in...
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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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