Knitting Now and Then
Mostly about knitting history. Sometimes about what I'm knitting. Sometimes about other things too.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
A Local Spinning Company?
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Greenwoods ad in Vogue Knitting, 1946 We have a set of Vogue Knitting Books in the Knitting & Crochet Guild's collections at Lee...
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
1920s Fair Isle
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Beehive pattern for a Fair Island Jersey Chart for Fair Island Jersey I was sorting through yet another b...
Monday, 5 September 2011
Damask in Progress
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I have been knitting a top for myself with the Rowan Damask yarn that I won in the raffle at the Knitting and Crochet Guild AGM weekend in...
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Beetroot and Chocolate
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Back in March, I wrote about a visit to Todmorden , when we had coffee and cake at the whole-food cafe in the former Co-op, and I had a de...
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
A Best Selling Pattern Booklet
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In working on the Knitting and Crochet Guild's collections, I recently branched out from sorting magazines to sorting pattern leaflets, ...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011
A New Pin
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My bronze award pin I went to give blood this week, and it turned out that it was my 10th donation (at least in recent years). I was gi...
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Felt Slippers
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I have worn the same kind of slippers for years - suede moccasins with a woolly lining, bought from the leather shop in the Shambles in York...
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