Knitting Now and Then

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

Monday, 25 February 2013

Jetlag

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I have been in Portland (Oregon) for a week, visiting my daughter.  Just got back today, though it still feels like yesterday, because it wa...
Saturday, 16 February 2013

Wedding Dresses to Crochet

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In the collection of knitted and crocheted items at Lee Mills, there are three or four wedding dresses.  One of the Huddersfield students wh...
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Thursday, 14 February 2013

A Quick Knit in Stocking Stitch

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I decided a while ago that it's OK to have more than one project on the needles at the same time, as long as they are all progressing  a...
Friday, 8 February 2013

Summer Gloves

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Once upon a time, ladies always wore hats and gloves when they went out. So you wore gloves not just to keep your hands warm in the winter,...
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Sunday, 27 January 2013

Wool holders

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In the Knitting & Crochet Guild's collections at Lee Mills, there is a variety of tools and gadgets, as well as the knitted and croc...
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Saturday, 19 January 2013

Tuppence Coloured

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I wrote a couple of weeks ago about sorting all the Robin leaflets in the Lee Mills collection.  Some of them are worth sharing, especially ...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Not-Quite-A-Mystery Hat

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For those who haven't heard of her, Woolly Wormhead is a well-known designer of knitted and crocheted hats.  In November, she ran a Mys...
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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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