Author: Marie HartleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781937513269
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A new, expanded edition of the 1951 classic.
Knitting America
Author: Susan StrawnPublisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1610602498
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
“Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology.” —Melanie Falick This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.
River Ganseys
Author: Penelope Lister HemingwayPublisher:
ISBN: 9781937513405
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
What do these things have in common: the oldest surviving knitting needles in England; the first written evidence of a professional knitter; the earliest known knitting sheath? They were all found in Yorkshire. Yorkshire has been described as the "centre of the wool universe" for the eighteenth and nineteenth century. To know about the history of Yorkshire knitting is to know about the history of knitting. After a painstaking search through the archives in search of original documents and images, the "Knitting Genealogist" Penelope Lister Hemingway brings you the fascinating stories behind that iconic nineteenth-century knitted garment, the gansey (or guernsey) sweater. Hemingway shows us that much of what we thought we knew about these sweaters is actually myth. Luckily, the real stories are even more interesting!
Author: Irena Turnau
Author: Marie HartleyOperation Sock Drawer
Author: Knitmore GirlsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593327969
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Knit yourself a drawer of beautiful socks with the Knitmore Girls Inspired by the gorgeous sock drawers of Susan B. Anderson, Jasmin and Gigi of The Knitmore Girls podcast started the hashtag #operationsockdrawer in an effort to knit a collection of socks just as photo worthy. Tens of thousands of knitters have since joined the campaign to knit more pretty socks and the hashtag has grown to more than 200k tags on social media. Think of Operation Sock Drawer as your sock knitting survival guide. In it you'll find: • 20 original designer sock patterns--more than enough to fill your first drawer. • Great how-ton information on knitting a variety of toe shapes, heel styles, options for comfortable ankles, and more! • Darn it! Don't toss old socks, repair them with simple darning techniques. • Bonus information on knitting socks two at a time, how to make great yarn to pattern matches, and how to overcome second sock syndrome. Grab your needles and a skein of yarn, and then join The Knitmore Girls on their mission to expand sock collections around the globe.
Author: Daniel ScottPatterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans
Author: Gladys ThompsonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048631720X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Fully illustrated guide features 82 patterns for traditional fishermen's sweaters. Collected from sources throughout the British Isles, these sweaters and cardigans for men and women range from lightweight jerseys to heavier guernseys.
Author: John BartlettRhythms of Labour
Author: Marek KorczynskiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244439
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Whether for weavers at the handloom, labourers at the plough or factory workers on the assembly line, music has often been a key texture in people's working lives. This book is the first to explore the rich history of music at work in Britain and charts the journey from the singing cultures of pre-industrial occupations, to the impact and uses of the factory radio, via the silencing effect of industrialisation. The first part of the book discusses how widespread cultures of singing at work were in pre-industrial manual occupations. The second and third parts of the book show how musical silence reigned with industrialisation, until the carefully controlled introduction of Music while You Work in the 1940s. Continuing the analysis to the present day, Rhythms of Labour explains how workers have clung to and reclaimed popular music on the radio in desperate and creative ways.
