Crochet Enthusiast's Library: 18 Essential Reads
Victorian Patterns, Heirloom Lace, and the Cultural History of Handmade DesignBy Esther Parnell Hewlett, Spool Cotton Co., American Thread Company, Eléonore Riego de la Branchardià ̈re
Length18h 36m
About this audiobook
Crochet Enthusiast's Library: 18 Essential Reads gathers a capacious archive of crochet instruction, design, and domestic-art history. Moving between concise pattern booklets, technical guidance, decorative projects, and imaginative adaptations of lace traditions, the volume reveals crochet as both practical craft and expressive visual language. Its range encompasses threadwork and cotton designs, wearable articles, household ornament, and intricate motifs, while standout sections illuminate the changing vocabulary through which needlework was taught, marketed, and valued. The collection brings together the work of Esther Parnell Hewlett, Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière, and influential publishing and thread-manufacturing concerns including Spool Cotton Co. and the American Thread Company. These voices connect nineteenth-century crochet's dialogue with lace-making to the twentieth-century expansion of standardized patterns, branded materials, and accessible home instruction. Their differing approaches—innovative, commercial, pedagogical, and ornamental—situate crochet within broader histories of women's domestic labor, consumer culture, and the circulation of technical knowledge. Ideal for crafters, design historians, and students of material culture, this anthology offers an unusual opportunity to read across styles, periods, and purposes in one volume. It rewards close study as both a practical resource and a record of how makers, publishers, and designers shaped an enduring craft tradition.
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GenreOther
Length18 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Edgings: Crocheted, Tatted, Hair Pin Lace
2Edgings: crocheted, tatted, hair pin lace
3Edgings
4Pineapple Pillow Case Edging #8118
5Aunt Lydia's Designs
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6GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
7Easy to Make Fashions: From Rochelle's Mohlon Orlon Acrylic Fiber. Volume B22
8NO. 1257 MOHLON RAGLAN COAT (AS SHOWN ON COVER) Small-Medium-Large
9NO. 1239 PONY-TAIL HAT IN CROCHET
10Sweaters He and She
11Sweaters He and She
12STAR BOOK No. 223 SWEATERS He AND She
13He or She Coat Sweater
14Beautiful, Beautiful Afghans
15flower afghan
16Afghans
17Persian Print C-117
18Transcriber’s Notes
19Designs for Crazy Daisy Winder: Crochet Time Cut in Half
20To Make Daisies
21No. 1 Tablecloth OF IRISH CROCHET DAISIES
22No. 2 Party Daisies
23No. 3 Daisy Vanity Set
24No. 4 Chair Set “DAISIES FOR DECORATION”
25No. 5 Afghan “ACCENT ON DAISIES”
26No. 6 Tea Table Cloth
27No. 7 Daisy Doilies
28No. 8 Daisy Bedspread
29No. 9 Daisy Pot Holders
30No. 10 TABLE DOILY SET
31No. 11 Daisy Bed Jacket
32No. 12 Daisy Bedroom Slippers
33No. 13 Young Timer Set
34No. 14 Baby Set “SO YOUNG”
35No. 15 Best Bib’n Tucker
36No. 16 Daisy Scarf
37No. 17 DOILY “Daisy Stars”
38No. 18 Daisy Centerpiece
39No. 19 Daisy Beret and Bag
40No. 20 Daisy Vestee
41No. 21 Midwinter Daisies
42No. 22 Daisies for Sport
43No. 23 Refreshment Set
44No. 24 Afghan “DAISY GARDEN”
45No. 25 Daisy Fluff Rug
46No. 26 Rug “GARDEN GAY”
47No. 27 Buffet Supper Scarf
48No. 28 Daisy TABLE DOILY SET
49ABBREVIATIONS FOR CROCHET
50BLOCKING INSTRUCTIONS
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