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Knitting motifs published by Jane Gaugain, 1845. Jane Gaugain (née Alison) (26 March 1804 – 20 May 1860) was a Scottish knitter and writer.She built up a successful business in Edinburgh, and published 16 volumes on knitting that helped to make it a popular pastime for ladies and a source of income for lower classes of women.
According to her posthumously published book The Opinionated Knitter, a yarn-company editor altered Zimmermann's circular knitting instructions for a Fair Isle Yoke pullover after she submitted the sweater, rendering it in the back-and-forth "flat" knitting method that was more popular among American knitters at the time.
Vogue Knitting, also known as Vogue Knitting International, is a magazine about knitting published by SoHo Publishing LLC. [1] It is published biannually [ 2 ] and includes knitting designs, yarn reviews, and interviews with designers. [ 3 ]
Barbara G. Walker (born July 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author and feminist.She is a knitting expert and the author of over ten encyclopedic knitting references, despite "not taking to it at all" when she first learned in college.
Although the existence of this effect remains uncertain, it is a common belief amongst the knitting population, and several plausible (and non-exclusive) mechanisms for the sweater curse have been suggested within knitting periodicals and books: Unlucky timing. Knitting a sweater takes a long time, and the relationship dies of natural causes ...
UK Hand Knitting Association. The UK Hand Knitting Association (UKHKA) is a not-for-profit British organisation dedicated to promoting hand knitting in the UK. Through a variety of initiatives and the assistance of a nationwide network of volunteers who pass on their skills, the UKHKA focus on ensuring a vibrant future for all aspects of yarn crafts.
Weft-knit fabrics are easier to make and more common. When cut, they will unravel (run) unless repaired. Warp-knit fabrics are resistant to runs and relatively easy to sew. Raschel lace—the most common type of machine made lace—is a warp knit fabric but using many more guide-bars (12
The Lucie Attwell Annual was published from 1922 to 1974, its continuing publication ten years after her death being made possible by extensive re-use of images. In 1926 Shelley Potteries commissioned Attwell to produce designs for children's china ware, following the successful sales of china decorated with designs by Hilda Cowham.