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Knitting : English Literature Before 1910

Before 1840
Instructions on Needlework
(1832 Nat Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor)
Misses Watts : The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book for 1837
(1837 John Miland)
[Anon until the 5th Edition in 1840]
The Knitting Teacher's Assistant
(1838 J Hatchard)
A Lady : The Workwoman's Guide
(1838)

1840-1844
Jane Gaugain : The Lady's Assistant
(1840)
Appendix to the Lady's Assistant
(1840)
The Lady's Assistant : 2nd Volume
(1842)
The Ladies' Handbook of Knitting, Netting & Crochet
(1842 H G Clarke)
The Ladies' Handbook of Knitting, Netting & Crochet : 2nd Series
(1842 H G Clarke)
The Ladies' Worktable Book
(1842 Darton)
Mr Hope & Mrs George Curling : The Knitter's Friend
(1842)
Cornelia Mee : Manual of Knitting, Netting & Crochet
(1842)
The Worktable & Embroidery Frame Companion
(c1842 C Mitchell)
The Young Ladies' Worktable & Embroidery Frame Manual
(1843 H G Clarke)
Jane Gaugain : Miniature Knitting, Netting & Crochet Book
(1843)
Misses Watts : Selections of Knitting, Netting & Crochet Work
(1843)
Frances Lambert : The Hand-Book of Needlework
(1843)
Frances Lambert : My Knitting Book
(1843)
ANON : A Guide to Knitting, Netting & Crochet
(1844)
Jane Gaugain : Accompaniment to the Second Volume
(1844)
Mr Hope & Mrs George Curling : Book of Babies' Wardrobe in Knitting & Netting
(1844)
Mrs Elizabeth Jackson : The Practical Companion to the Work Table
(1844)
Cornelia Mee : Companion to the Worktable
(1844)
Mrs Henry Owen : The Illuminated Ladies' Book of Useful and Ornamental Needlework
(1844)

1845-1846
The Handbook of Knitting
(c1845 Thomas Gill, Easingwold)
Frances Lambert : The Hand-Book of Needlework : 2nd Series
(1845)
My Knitting Book : 2nd Series
(1845)
Mrs Henry Owen : The Handbook of Knitting
(1845)
The Handbook of Useful and Ornamental Amusements
(1845 Smith Elder)
Misses Watts : The Illustrated Knitting, Netting & Crochet Book
(1845)
Mrs J Burrell : Knitted Lace Edgings
(1845)
Knitted Lace Edgings : 2nd Series
(1846)
Knitted Lace Edgings : 3rd Series
(1846)
Jane Gaugain : The Lady's Assistant Vol III
(c1846)
The Knitter's Friend
(1846)
Mrs M A Edwards : The Ladies' Cabinet of Knitted Insertion Lace & Zephyr Wool Collars
(1846)
The Ladies' Cabinet of French Designs for Insertion Lace Cuffs, Edgings & Collars
(1846)
The Ladies' Worktable Book
(1846 Darton. 3rd Ed)
Mrs J B Gore : The Royal Shetland Shawl, Lace Collar, Brighton Slipper and China Purse Receipt Book
(1846)
Rachel Jane Cattlow : Directions for Plain Knitting for the Working Classes and Schools
(1846)
Miss Hartree : My Knitted Collar Book
(1846)
Cornelia Mee : Exercises in Knitting
(1846)
Mrs Godfrey John Baynes : The Knitted Lace Collar Receipt Book
(1846)
The Knitted Lace Collar Receipt Book : 2nd Series
(1846)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : Knitting, Crochet & Netting
(1846)
Mrs William Savage : The Winchester Fancy Needlework Instructor
(1846)
Arthur Wallis : The Brighton Knitting Book
(1846)

1847
Mrs Godfrey John Baynes : The Knitted Lace Collar Receipt Book : 3rd Series
(1847)
The Album of Fancy Needlework
(Parts 1-3) (1847)
The Album of Fancy Needlework
(Part 4) (1848)
The Knitted Lace Chemisette & Stomacher Receipt Book
(1847)
The Knitted Stocking and Sock Book
(1847 Aylott & James. 2nd Ed)
The Young Mother's Scrap Book
(1847)
Jane Gaugain : Knitting Book of Turkish, Pyrenees & Shetland Shawls and Scarfs
(1847)
Knit Polka Book
(1847)
Open Knit D'Oyley Book No 1
(1847)
Pyrenees & Shetland Knits Shawl and Scarf Book
(1847)
Apolline Flohr : The German Christmas Eve
(1847)
Mrs G Linnaeus Banks : The Lace Knitter's Intelligible Guide - 1st Series
(1847)
Marie Jane Cooper : The New Guide to Knitting and Crochet
(1847)
Agnes Green : The Knitted Curtain Receipt Book
(1847)
Mr Hope & Mrs George Curling : The Knitter's Casket
(1847)
Knitting Book for Polka Dresses
(1847)
C E A J : The Floral Knitting Book .. Imitations of Natural Flowers
(1847)
Frances Lambert : The Ladies' Pocket Book of Knitting
(1847)
Miss Lambton : The Ladies' Pocket Book of Useful and Ornamental Knitting
(1847)
Cornelia Mee & Mary Austin : Worktable Magazine
(1847)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Knitting Book
(1847)
Mrs Dresser Rogers : The Regal Knitted Collar Book
(1847)
Mrs William Savage : Gems of Knitting and Crochet
(1847)

1848-1850
Miss A'Beckett : Companion to the Berlin Wool House
(1848)
The Ladies' Worktable Book
(1848 Darton. 5th Ed)
Mrs Herbert : The Christmas Book of Crochet, Knitting & Braid
(1848)
Mr Hope & Mrs George Curling : The Prize Knitting Book
(1848)
The Ramsgate Book of Knitted Lace Edgings
(1848)
The Ramsgate Knitting Book
(1848)
C E A J : Berries and Fruit Knitting Book
(c1848)
F G Kelly : The Lady's Knitting Book
(1848 4th Ed)
A Lady : The Knitter's Cabinet
(1848)
Cornelia Mee : Polka Jackets in Knitting and Crochet
(1848)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Winter Book for 1848
(1848)
Mrs R Ring : The Higbury Handbook of Useful and Ornamental Needlework
(1848)
Mrs Godfrey John Baynes : The Berlin Wool Home and Opera Cap Receipt Book
(1849)
Mrs Esther Copley : The Comprehensive Knitting Book
(1849)
Madame Dufour : Ladies' Album for the Work Table or Gift Book for 1849
Jane Gaugain : Book of Novelties in Knitting & Crochet
(1849)
Mrs Elizabeth Jackson : The Polka Book
(1849)
ANON : Knitting and Crochet Lace Edgings
(c1850)
Miss Chardin : The Lady's Repository of Receipts
(c1850)
Mrs M A Edwards : A New Guide to Knitting
(c1850 Birmingham)
Mrs J W Giles : The Gift Netting, Knitting & Crochet Book
(c1850)
No 3 Knitting Instructions
(c1850 Jevons & Mellor)
A Parisian Lady : The Lady's Cabinet of French Designs
(c1850)
Mrs William Savage : The Knitted Paletot
(1850)
Polka Jacket Book
(1850)
The Ladies' Worktable Book
(1850 Slater. 3rd Ed)
C & W Thomson : The Knitted Lace Pattern Book
(c1850)
The Knitting & Crochet Work Book - 1st Series
(nd.)
The Knitting & Crochet Work Book - 2nd Series
(nd.)

1851-1860
Finchley Manual of Industry : No 3 - Needlework
( c1851)
Mr W Carter : The Royal Victoria Knitting Book
(c1851-2 - 13 numbers)
The Royal Exhibition Knitting, Netting & Crochet Book
(c1852 - c12 numbers)
The Princess Royal Knitting and Crochet Book
(c1852)
ANON : Needlework Panorama of Knitting, etc
(1852)
The Ladies' Worktable Book
(1852 Bohn)
The Ladies' Drawing-Room Book
(1852 Cassell)
The Ladies' Work Book
(1852) - [Part II of the above]
Knitting and Crochet Book for the Million
(1852 J T Wood)
Six Shetland Shawls
(c1853 Faudel & Phillips)
The Favourite Crochet, Knitting, Netting & Embroidery Book
(1853 Marsland)
Miss Ronaldson : The Lady's Book of Useful and Ornamental Knitting and Netting Work
(1853)
Jane Gaugain : The Book of Knitted Veils
(1854)
G Ingram : Ingram's Exhibition Knitting & Crochet Book
(1854)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : Comforts for the Crimea, or the Fourth Winter Book
(1854)
Arthur Wallis & Mrs Pullan : Treasures in Needlework
(1855)
Cornelia Mee : Manual of Needlework
(1854)
Alliance Book of Knitting, Netting and Crochet
(1856)
Mrs Pullan : The Lady's Dictionary of Needlework
(1856)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Child's Winter Knitting Book
(1857)
The Winter Knitting Book for 1859
(1859)
The Andalusian Knitting & Netting Book
(1860)
The Book of 12-Ply Siberian Wool
(1860)
Cornelia Mee & Mary Austin : Manual of Knitting
(1860)
Manual of Knitting : 2nd Series
(c1860)
Mrs Walker : The Book of Fancy Knitting
(nd. 1860s)
The Handbook of Plain and Fancy Knitting
(c1860 Webb & Millington)

1861-1870
Mme Marie Girardin, Mrs Warren & Mrs Pullan : Elegant Work for Delicate Fingers
(1861)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : Melange de laine for Siberian and Leviathan Wools
(1861)
Cornelia Mee & Mary Austin : Knitter's Companion 1
(1861)
Knitter's Companion 2
(1862)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Winter Book for 1862
(1862)
Knitter's Companion 3
(Queen's Winter Knitting Book) (1863)
Jane Gaugain : The Lady's Assistant in 12 Parts
(1863)
[A one volume edition was issued in 1875]
Miss E Ryder : How to Knit Socks
(1863) - 10 cards
Madame Elise : Madame Elise's Crochet & Knitting Winter Book
(1864)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Useful Knitting Book
(1864)
Rigolette De La Hamelin : The Royal Magazine of Knitting, Netting, Crochet & Fancy Needlework
(c1865)
Miss E Ryder : How to Knit Stockings
(1865) - 4 cards
Miss H P Ryder : Children's Comforts and How to Knit Them
(1866)
Mrs George Cupples : The Stocking Knitter's Manual
(1867)
Arthur Wallis : The New Knitter
(1868)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Abergeldie Winter Book
(1867)
A New Wool Book
(1869)
Cornelia Mee : Comforts for the Sick and Wounded
(Queen's Winter Book 2) (c1869)
Cornelia Mee & Mary Austin : Knitter's Companion 4
(Queen's Winter Knitting Book) (1869)
Novelties in Needlework 1
(1869)
Novelties in Needlework 2
(1869)
Bijou Receipts for Baby's Wardrobe : Two Series
(1869)
Arthur Wallis : 16 Fancy-Work Designs
(1869)
Novelties in Needlework 3
(c1870)
Samuel Orchard Beeton : Beeton's Book of Needlework
(1870)
Madame Adolphe Goubaud : Knitting and Netting Patterns
(1870)
A Lady Manager : The Standard Guide to Knitting According to the Code
(1870)

1871-1880
Mrs George Cupples : A Knitting-Book of Counterpanes
(1871)
E & J Le Boutillier : Third Series of Parisian Antimacassars
(1871)
Elvina M Corbould : The Lady's Knitting Book
(1874)
The Lady's Knitting Book : 2nd Series
(1875)
The Lady's Knitting Book : 3rd Series
(1875)
The Lady's Knitting Book : 4th Series
(1875)
Cornelia Mee & Mary Austin : 12 Bijou Receipts for Knitting & Crochet
(1875)
The Lady's Book of Knitting & Crochet
(1875 J Henry Symonds)
Weldon's Practical Shilling Guide to Needlework
(c1875 Weldon)
Elvina M Corbould : The Lady's Work Book : 1st Series
(1876)
Mrs A Floyer : Plain Knitting and Mending in Six Standards
(1876)
The Home Knitter
(1876 Johnstone, Hunter)
Miss E Ryder : How to Knit Spun-Silk Socks & Stockings
(1876) - 4 cards
Miss H P Ryder : Winter Comforts and How to Knit Them
(1876) - 4 cards
The Home Knitter : 2nd Series
(1877 Johnstone, Hunter)
Elvina M Corbould : The Knitting Teacher's Assistant
(1877)
(Ed) E M Corbould : The Knitting Teacher's Assistant (1877)
[A New edition of the book originally issued in 1838]
Mrs Wells : New Knitting Book
(1878)
Miss Cressy : Instruction Cards for Knitting Socks and Stockings
(c1880)
New Series of Berlin Patterns
(c1880 London Lace Paper & Valentine Co)
Henrietta F R A Warleigh : Knitting for Everyone
(c1880)

1881-1890
Mrs A Floyer : Needle Drill, Position Drill & Knitting Pin Drill
(1881)
F Heath : Invariable Stocking Scale
(1881)
S F A Caulfeild & Blanche C Saward : The Dictionary of Needlework
(1882)
Elvina M Corbould : Mother's Knitter
(1882)
Dorinda : Needlwork for Ladies for Pleasure and Profit
(1882)
Sylvia : Book of Designs in Knitting
(1882)
ANON : Swiss Darning
(1883)
Henrietta F R A Warleigh : Full Directions and Scales for Knitting Socks
(1883)
Full Directions and Scales for Knitting Gloves
(1883)
Full Directions and Scales for Knitting Edgings
(c1884)
Full Directions for Knitting Circles
(1885)
E Lewis : Directions for Knitting Socks & Stockings
(1883)
Wools and How to Use Them
(1884)
Elvina M Corbould : Directions for Knitting Drawers
(1884)
A E Curtis : Selfhelp Knitting Cards
(1884)
J Foster : Instructions for Knitting a Sock & Stockings
(1884)
Complete Guide to the Worktable
(1884 The Young Ladies' Journal)
Helen K Brietzcke & Emily F Rooper : A Manual of Collected Lessons in Plain Needlework & Knitting
for Use in Elementary Schools
(1885)
Victoria Knitting Cards
(1885 Cox & Co)
A E K : The Creeve Knitting Card
(1885)
Miss Ronaldson : Gift Book of Useful and Ornamental Knitting
(1885)
Therese de Dillmont : Encyclopaedia of Needlwork
(1886)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : The Winter Book for 1886
(1886)
'Grandmother' : Cottager's Comforts and Other Recipes in Knitting
(1887)
Elvina M Corbould : The Useful Knitter : Part 1
(1887)
The Useful Knitter : Part 2
(1887)
Myra
(Mrs Matilda Browne) : Myra's Knitting Books (1899)
ANON : Knitter's Notebook
(1890)
Elvina M Corbould : The Knitter's Notebook
(1890)
M Elliott : A Book of Hats and Caps
(1890)

After 1891
Tranter and Adams : Roumanian Knitting Cards
(1891)
M Waite : Knitting Cards for Standards III & IV
(1891)
The Art of Knitting
(1892 Butterick)
Isobel : Isobel's Plain Needlework
(1893)
Elizabeth Rosevear : A Textbook of Needlework, Knitting & Cutting Out
(1893)
[Other editions appeared in 1894, 1902 & 1904]
Needlework, Knitting and Cutting Out for Older Girls
(1894)
A Manual of Needlework, Knitting and Cutting Out for Evening Continuation Schools
(1894)
C Goulden : Needlework and Knitting Drills
(1895)
E De Barras : Plain and Fancy Knitting
(1896 Nutshell Series)
Aunt Kate
(Helen Greig Souter) : Aunt Kate's Knitting & Crochet Book (1896)
Miss H P Ryder : Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings
(1896)
M Elliott Scrivenor : Paton's Knitting & Crochet Book
(1896)
Fancy & Practical Knitting
(1897 Butterick)
Mrs A Floyer : Stocking Knitting Made Easy
(1899)
Pearsall's Illustrated Handbook for Knitting in Silks
(1899)
St Andrew's Series
(c1900 Head)
Miss Sophy Loch : The Book of Hows
(1900)
T M James : Longman's Complete Course of Needlework, Knitting & Cutting Out
(1901)
W & A K Johnston : Sewing and Knitting Designs
(1901)
Miss Sophy Loch : The Second Book of Hows
(1902)
Henrietta F R A Warleigh : Ladies' Work for Sailors
(1902 Mission to Seamen)
Eleanore Riego de la Branchardiere : Selected Works
(1904-5) - Edited by Mrs Rivers Turnbull
Aunt Kate
(Helen Greig Souter) : Aunt Kate's Homework (c1907)
Mrs Shearman : Her Ladyship's Knitting Book
(1909)

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