Over the weekend, I dove into the internet looking for 1800s era knitting manuals and was honestly surprised at how many are available for free and for purchase on various websites. I was particularly impressed by the Richard Rutt Collection at the University of Southampton (England). Over sixty knitting books from the 1800s from theContinue reading “So much to choose from!”
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And so it begins …
For some time, I have been thinking of starting a blog to share my interest in knitting – over the past few years I have tossed around a number of ideas, but nothing seemed quite right. When I recently discovered that many knitting books and patterns from the 1800s are now available as e-books, theyContinue reading “And so it begins …”