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Three Brothers Hat pattern by Monika Evans.

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Knitting Pattern Masterpost: 1840-1890

1840s

The Lady’s Assistant (1842) — men/women/children/babies; also includes doilies (d’oyleys) and instructions on netting.

The Lady’s Book of Hand Knitting (1844) — men/women/babies; instructions on netting and fancy stitches.

My Knitting Book (1844) — men/women/babies; doilies and a great number of purses.

The Lady’s Assistant (1845) — a more recent edition of the above.

The accompaniment to second volume of Mrs Gaugain’s work on knitting, netting and crochet (1845) — an accompaniment to the above with illustrations and some new patterns.

Mee’s Companion to the Work Table (1845) — men/women/children; also includes doilies, book covers, table covers, &c.

My Knitting Book (1845) — men/women/babies; also lace, trimmings, doilies, &c.

Knitting, Crocheting, and Netting (1846) — men/women/babies; also includes doilies (“d’oyleys”), and various patterns, borders, edges, &c.

My Knitting Book (1847) — men/women; also includes misc. quilts, stitches, and doilies (“d’oyleys”).

1850s

The royal exhibition knitting, netting and crochet book (185?) — antimacassars, table covers, curtains, &c.

The Industrial Handbook (1856) — men/women/children; includes the basics of knitting and a section on how to teach children to knit easily (a good pamphlet for beginners!).

1860s

Manual of Knitting (1869) — men/women/babies; various fancy stitches including princess and honeycomb stitches and double knitting.

The Lady’s Assistant (1863) — An updated edition of the Lady’s Assistant above.

How to Knit Stockings (1865) — men/women/children. All socks, all the time.

1870s

The Lady’s Knitting-Book (1875) — men/women/children; fancy stitches and borders, as well as a comforter.

The Standard Guide to Knitting (1879) — A guide on teaching knitting in schools, including basic instructions and more sock/stocking patterns than you’ll ever need.

1880s

How to Use Florence Knitting Silk (1881) — women/babies; plenty of lace patterns with generous use of photos and illustrations.

The Lady’s Knitting Book (1881) — men/women/children/babies; fancy stitches, quilts, borders, &c.

How to Use Florence Knitting Silk (1883) — includes basic instructions and a description of various useful abbreviations, lace edgings, and some pretty aggressive advertising for — you guessed it — Florence Knitting Silk.

As always, if you have patterns or information to add, feel free to send it to me or tack it on in a reblog! Likewise, if you try any of these projects yourself, you’re more than welcome to send me photos — there’s a lovely honey comb netted man purse which I’d love to see in action! 💛

thesleepyknitter

Today’s my birthday! I bought myself some presents to celebrate my 2 decades on the planet

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Do you ever just have the emotion of wanting to knit but can’t actually get yourself to make/work on anything? Because that’s me rn

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Knitting Confessions

I have never not once in my life remembered how to bind off a project without googling a tutorial.

woolstrung

Still on the oversized BJD blanket kick.

This is a WIP, obviously, as I ran out of yarn and will have to order more to finish it off. I like how my unvented cables look, even unblocked, although I might tweak the pattern more for future iterations. Swap in garter top and bottom edging, maybe, with lateral braids to separate it from the cable center and form a neater “frame” combined with the slipped-stitch columns on the sides… hmm.

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Stories From A Knitter

Never say Never. An older lady was telling that to her daughter one day while I was in Joann. Her daughter was looking at the yarn and telling her Gram how she never was going to able to knit. Her Gram said to her that you can do anything you want to, why would you hold yourself back by telling yourself and making yourself believe that you’ll never be able to do something. Her gram was so very right.

As a knitter and general maker, I have said never will I ever so many times. When I first took to knitting when I was five I said never will I ever crochet to my mom. When I learned to crochet two years later, I told her, never will I ever spend time learning to sew properly, two years later I used the gift money from my gram to but my first sewing machine. When I was 12 and got teased for knitting during indoor recess I said I would never ever knit. A few years later I was knitting everywhere I could, and I still do so. I’ve said I would never knit color work, knit socks, knit a sweater, knit as job, design patterns and so much more. I have proved myself wrong so many times on so many fronts especially with knitting.

As makers we shouldn’t say never will I ever, cause we all know, one thing leads to another and then we went from just a person who sews to someone who crochets, makes candles for gifts, and gardens in the warm months. Makers are always doing new things, new crafts, coming up with new ideas. No you may not take to crocheting as a constant hobby, but that trim you made makes a nice collar for those dresses you make so you do it. As makers we are able to do so many different things and we are able to use those things to add onto our masterpieces. So why say never…why cut off your own creativity with that mindset. We should be fierce and welcoming to a new challenge.

Maybe you aren’t a good knitter, or a good drawer, or a good weaver, but by trying you have that knowledge and some of those skills that can help you along your maker journey. So Never say Never my makers, Always say I can and I will. Perfection is not needed, just your effort.

xoxoxoxo

That being said…….I’m adventuring into Candle Making!

artsyfartsybitterknitter

Perfection is not needed, just your effort.

This a bajillion times over!

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Milo Pradera by Jocelyn Tunney (free pattern via Ravelry)

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| My Winter Favorites l by Henn Kim available here

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Pretty yarn bombing! 😍🤩💕

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Artist’s Mother Knitting in a Flat in Paris by Albert Ranney Chewett (1877–1965)

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5 Mittens to Knit This Winter - Interweave

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Gradient sock sets are so much fun to knit and even more fun to wear! Available in medium and large sets and shown here in our Pardon Me, Sir colorway. Order at www.knitcircus.com!