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Dress of Many Patterns – lace pattern #1
I thought it was time to write an update on the Dress of Many Patterns and share my own lace sampler swatch in progress. The first row of the eight-row repeat staggers the diagonal of eyelets formed; the pattern is worked in multiples of five stitches and an eight-row repeat. The stitch count remains the same – five stitches per repeat – for each repeat of the pattern throughout. If you’re interesting in trying it yourself, the pattern is below. Gauge: one 5-st repeat and 8 rows = 3/4 inch wide and 1/2 inch tall. Dress of Many Patterns – Lace Pattern #1 Using Heritage Silk from Cascade Yarns, CO…
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Online collection of Victorian knitting manuals
If you are like me and love to look through vintage knitting and crochet patterns, I just recently stumbled upon an online resource that you might enjoy. The Knitting Reference Library of the University of Southampton includes the published works collected by Montse Stanley, Richard Rutt and Jane Waller. These comprise books, exhibition catalogues, knitting patterns, journals and magazines. The Victorian knitting manuals donated by Richard Rutt have been digitized and can be viewed online for free. You can search through the extensive collection here! Exciting stuff for pattern researchers!
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Researching vintage colourwork
I’ve been doing some research on colourwork patterns and knitting histories and traditions as part of the development of a new pattern, the Huron Wristers. The wristers pattern is based on a pair of lovely knitted gloves in the collection of the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol located in Goderich, Ontario. The museum’s gloves are approximately 100 years old, are knit with wool and are large enough to fit a man’s hands. The pattern is somewhat similar to Sanquhar and Fair Isle colourwork traditions. I went through many a pattern book and magazine, looking for where the pattern may have originated. I’ve come to think that the knitter (said…
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Knitting History Forum AGM and Conference 2020
Exciting news for those into knitting history! The Knitting History Forum has decided to stage their AGM and Conference as an online event on Sat., Nov. 7, 2020. This event will be free to attend and open to all, following registration, and will comprise speakers, discussion groups/show and tell and opportunities for research students to give short presentations or present posters online of their current work-in-progress. For more info please see: http://knittinghistory.co.uk/ The Knitting History Forum is an international society, open to anyone with an interest in the history of knitting and crochet. Their website has more info on the latest in knitting history news and forthcoming events, and as well…
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Online collection of Victorian knitting manuals
