Weldon's Practical Needlework, Vol. 2 Book

PieceWork magazine brings you Victorian needlework at its finest with these special compilations of Weldon's Practical Needlework. In this volume you'll find an abundance of simple, practical knitting patterns, with an emphasis on socks, mittens, and other small accessories, as well as several lovely counterpane squares. Patterns are exact replicas of the premier needlework magazine from turn-of-the-century England. Each volume is filled with hundreds of vintage projects, illustrations, information on little-known techniques, fashion as it was in the late 1800s and brief histories of needlework.

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In the late 1880s, Weldon & Co., a pattern-making firm in London, began publishing a series of 14-page newsletters with instructions and patterns for needlework projects. Each newsletter covered a specific needlework technique, including knitting, crochet, patchwork, tatting, crazy quilting, and other crafts especially popular at the time, such as Mountmellick embroidery and netting. This set a facsimile edition now in five volumes gathers together hundreds of patterns, many illustrated with engravings. Today's needleworker will marvel at patterns written at a time when "patterns" (for such items as knitted wigs, a pen wiper in the shape of a Turkish fez, and netted ear caps for horses) were more suggestions than the step-by-step instructions we are accustomed to today. This, the fifth volume of a planned 12-volume set, is a treasure trove for needlework designers and students of historical needlework. Recommended for historical needlework and women's studies collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.