Knitting Now and Then

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

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

A 1946 Jumper

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A recent donation of assorted publications to the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection included several patterns from old magazines, incl...
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Monday, 30 April 2018

Fascinating Crochet Hooks

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I know that for most people, the words "fascinating" and "crochet hooks" don't naturally go together, but bear with ...
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Wednesday, 25 April 2018

The Vintage Shetland Project

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My copy of Susan Crawford 's mammoth new book, The Vintage Shetland Project , arrived last month.  It was a lovely surprise - I ordered ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2018

On the other foot (3)

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Since I last  wrote, we have been on holiday in Spain -  visiting Seville, Cordoba and Granada, and several other smaller places too.   We h...
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Wednesday, 28 March 2018

On the Other Foot (2)

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It's now week 3 of the On The Other Foot Mystery Knit ALong run by Ann Kingstone & Sarah Alderson.  I'm up to date (though only ...
Monday, 19 March 2018

Difficult Knitting

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In February, I wrote about finding several balls of Patons Lucelle in the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection, and showed several patte...
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Saturday, 17 March 2018

On The Other Foot

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Two years ago, I knitted a pair of fingerless mittens in a Mystery Knit Along, run by my friends Sarah Alderson and Ann Kingstone .  You ca...
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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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