Knitting America
Knitting America

Author: Susan Strawn

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2011-05-13

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1610602498

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“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.

Michael Pearson's Traditional Knitting
Michael Pearson's Traditional Knitting

Author: Michael Pearson

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-03-18

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0486460533

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"A new and expanded edition of the work originally published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London, and Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, in 1984"--T.p. verso.

River Ganseys
River Ganseys

Author: Penelope Lister Hemingway

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781937513405

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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!

Operation Sock Drawer
Operation Sock Drawer

Author: Knitmore Girls

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0593327969

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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.