The Knitting Enthusiast's Library: 17 Must-Have Books
A Historical Treasury of Victorian and Edwardian Patterns, Lace, Garments, and Household CraftsBy Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière, Bertha Thompson, Mary A. McCormack, H. P. Ryder, Miss Lambert, H. D. Buck, William M.A. Davis, Elvina Mary Corbould, American Thread Company, George Mrs. Cupples
Length25h 55m
About this audiobook
The Knitting Enthusiast's Library gathers seventeen indispensable texts that chart knitting as both domestic art and technical literature. Across practical instruction, pattern writing, decorative design, and the preservation of handwork traditions, the volume reveals the genre's remarkable range: concise directions coexist with more elaborate treatments of texture, garment construction, and ornamental possibility. Its significance lies in presenting knitting not as a marginal pastime but as a flexible language of utility, creativity, and cultural memory. The contributors represent a broad constellation of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century knitting authorities, including designers, teachers, compilers, and commercial publishers. Figures such as Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière and Elvina Mary Corbould stand alongside Bertha Thompson, Mary A. McCormack, H. P. Ryder, Miss Lambert, H. D. Buck, William M. A. Davis, Mrs. George Cupples, and the American Thread Company. Together, these voices illuminate the intersections of women's domestic authorship, print culture, needlework pedagogy, and the expanding craft marketplace. Recommended for knitters, textile historians, and students of material culture, this collection offers an unusually rich comparative archive in one volume. Readers can trace changing techniques and tastes while discovering how patterns transmit knowledge across generations. Its varied works invite sustained dialogue between craft practice, historical instruction, and design innovation.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length25 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Begin to Knit. All the Basic Stitches; Easy Novelty Stitches; Quick Things to Make
2Begin to Knit. All the Basic Stitches; Easy Novelty Stitches; Quick Things to Make
3BEGINTOKNIT
4PLAIN SOCKS FOR A GO-GO GUY
5The Knitting Book
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6PREFACE.
7TO CAST ON WITH ONE PIN.
8TO CAST ON WITH TWO PINS.
9PLAIN KNITTING.
10TO MAKE A STITCH
11TO MAKE TWO, THREE, OR MORE STITCHES.
12TO SLIP A STITCH.
13TO KNIT TWO STITCHES TOGETHER.
14TO KNIT THREE STITCHES TOGETHER.
15PEARL, ALSO CALLED SEAM, BACK, AND RIB KNITTING.
16PEARL AND PLAIN STITCHES IN THE SAME ROW.
17TO PEARL TWO OR THREE STITCHES TOGETHER
18TO MAKE A STITCH IN PEARL KNITTING.
19TO FORM A ROUND.
20TO RAISE STITCHES.
21A ROW.
22A PATTERN.
23TO JOIN TWO PIECES OF KNITTING TOGETHER.
24THE STITCHES BETWEEN A PARENTHESIS ( ).
25A MARK *.
26TO CAST OFF.
27STITCHES OVER.
28BERTHE. CHANTILLY PATTERN.
29CHANTILLY LACE EDGING.
30MANCHETTE, OR UNDER SLEEVE POINT LACE PATTERN.
31POINT LACE EDGING.
32COLLAR. MALINES LACE.
33ANTI-MACASSAR VENETIAN PATTERN.
34ANTI-MACASSAR.
35CENTRE FOR SHETLAND SHAWL, AND PATTERN FOR ANTI-MACASSAR.
36BORDER FOR SHETLAND SHAWL, ROUND CORNERS.
37FRINGE FOR SHAWL.
38CANEZOU.
39CHEMISETTE.
40BABY’S CAP.
41ARABESQUE PATTERN FOR COUVRE PIED, CURTAIN, &c.
42COLLAR, CABLE PATTERN.
43LACE EDGING.
44LACE EDGING.
45FRINGE FOR ANTI-MACASSAR.
46My Knitting Book
47PREFACE.
48Introduction.
49Cable Plait Stitch for a Quilt.
50Centre for a Quilt, or Bassinet Cover.
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