kitty: you never know where google might take you

So this post kind of started out with me looking to see if anyone had posted anymore information about Godey's Lady's Book on the net. I have been reading one of the old volumes on and off for the last month. I keep having good plans on setting down and scanning more of the crumpling pages to add to the Godey's Lady's Book section of the blog, but sadly time seems to always pass me buy. I have good plans honest... But alas I have no time to breathe these days. So here are a few of the gems I found about Godey's Lady's Books.

Godey's Lady's Book

Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 - Project Gutenberg Another great entry into the Project Gutenberg project Fashion: Work Collection of patterns Godey's Lady's Book Online 5 months of Godey's Lady's books that has been reproduced by hand

Then my googling lead me to check my ongoing search for hard to find historical knitting books. A lot of these are in my personal collection, I am only missing a few, but I thought I would include the list that I normally go through on amazon to see what other people have bought. I am always in search of good books, particularly those about lace or forgotten techniques.

Historical Knitting Books

Alice Starmore: Aran Knitting Alice Starmore: Charts for Colour Knitting a Designer's Source Book From the Personal Collection of Alice Starmore Anne-Maj Ling: Two-End Knitting Patterns Ann Feitelson: The Art of Fair Isle Knitting: History, Technique, Color and Pattern Anne L. MacDonald: No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting Annemor Sundbo: Setesdal Sweaters: The History of the Norwegian Lice Pattern Annemor Sundbo: Everyday Knitting: Treasures from a Ragpile Beth Brown-Reinsel: Knitting Ganseys Birgitta Dandanell: Twined Knitting Britt-Marie Christoffersson: Swedish Sweaters: New Designs from Historical Examples (An International Craft Classic) Elsebeth Lavold: Viking Patterns for Knitting: Inspiration and Projects for Today's Knitter Gladys Amedro: Shetland Lace Gladys Thompson: Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys, and Arans: Fishermen's Sweaters from the British Isles Gwyn Morgan: Traditional Knitting Patterns of Ireland, Scotland, and England Henriette Van Der Klift-Tellegen: Knitting from the Netherlands, Traditional Dutch Fisherman James Norbury: Traditional Knitting Patterns from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Italy Jules and Kaethe Kliot: Knitting 19th Century Sources Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of An American Myth Libeth Upitis: Latvian Mittens: Traditional Designs & Techniques Martha Waterman: Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls Mary Schiffmann: The Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffmann Michael Pearson: Michael Pearson's Traditional knitting: Aran, Fair Isle, and fisher ganseys Nancy Bush: Folk Socks: The History and Techniques of Handknitted Footwear Nancy Bush: Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions Nancy Bush: Knitting Vintage Socks: New Twists on Classic Patterns Nancy Bush: Folk Knitting in Estonia : A Garland of Symbolism, Tradition, and Technique Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts: Ethnic Socks & Stockings: A Compendium of Eastern Design and Technique Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts: Knitting in the Old Way: Designs and Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters Richard Rutt: A History of Hand Knitting Sabine Domnick: Cables, Diamonds, & Herringbone: Secrets of Knitting Traditional Fishermen's Sweaters Sarah Don: Fair Isle Knitting Sharon Miller: Heirloom Knitting Shelagh Hollingworth: Traditional Aran Knitting Sheila McGregor: Traditional Fair Isle Knitting Sheila McGregor: Traditional Scandinavian Knitting Susan M. Strawn: Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art Wendy Keele: Poems of Color: Knitting in the Bohus Tradition

kitty: turning back the time

Have you ever sat and wondered if you were able to turn back time what your craft patterns would look like. Would your next project be a knitted bodice with sleeves to fit over your corset? Maybe you would be setting up to needlepoint a hunting dog for your footstool this fall, because you wanted something new for the back parlor for Christmas. Or maybe you need a new needle book cover for your sewing box. When MG, and I first set up Knitbuddies, one of my hopes was to be able to post some of the historical resources that I have in my collection from the 1800's to share with everyone. Over the weekend I actually sat down and posted 3 months of the Work Department section from a 1869 Godey's Lady's Book. My copies are in pretty bad shape so I am pretty afraid of scanning them, so sorry if the pages are not perfectly square. Hopefully I will find some more time to get more posted soon. Hope you enjoy them. Godey's Lady's Book - 1869 January 1869 - Work Department February 1869 - Work Department March 1869 - Work Department