A history of hand knitting
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A history of hand knitting
Batsford, 1987
- U.S. ed
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U.S. ed: Loveland, Colo. : Interweave Press
Bibliography: p243-244
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Hand knitting, to date, has received relatively little attention from textile historians. In this full history of the craft, the author offers a definition of the process in relation to other yarn crafts such as crochet. Literary evidence is drawn upon and the social aspects of knitting are a main concern. Well-known legends about knitting history are re-evaluated and the development of techniques and tools is covered, together with the history of the craft from before 1500 to the present day. Some local traditions of the British Isles are investigated, including the knitting of Shetland, Aran, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Yorkshire Dales. Knitting tradtions east of the Adriatic and in the Americas have separate chapters, and the book includes a historical glossary and a transcription of the earliest English knitting pattern. Richard Rutt's previous books have been about Korean and Chinese literature.
Table of Contents
- Definitions and techniques
- before 1500
- Henry VIII to the Commonwealth
- the Restoration to 1835
- the Victorian age and the "belle epoque"
- the First World War and after
- some local traditions of the British Isles - Wales, Shetland, the Channel Islands, Ringwood, Aran, Sanquhar
- the Americas
- Eastern knitting. Appendices: historical glossary
- English knitting literature
- the oldest extant English knitting pattern
- table of dates for "Weldon's Practical Knitter".
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