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Book Woman s Weekly Knitting Book

Download or read book Woman s Weekly Knitting Book written by Marion Smith and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Woman s Weekly and Lower Middle Class Domestic Culture in Britain  1918 1958

Download or read book Woman s Weekly and Lower Middle Class Domestic Culture in Britain 1918 1958 written by Eleanor Reed and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique intersection between periodical and literary scholarship, and class and gender history, this book showcases a brand-new approach to surveying a popular domestic magazine. Reading Woman’s Weekly alongside titles including Good Housekeeping, My Weekly, Peg’s Paper and Woman’s Own, and works by authors including Dot Allan, E.M. Delafield, George Orwell and J.B. Priestley, it positions the publication within both the contemporary magazine market and the field of literature more broadly, redrawing the parameters of that field as it approaches the domestic magazine as a literary genre in its own right. Between 1918 and 1958, Woman’s Weekly targeted a lower middle-class readership: broadly, housewives and unmarried clerical workers on low incomes, who viewed or aspired to view themselves as middle-class. Examining the magazine’s distinctively lower middle-class treatment of issues including the First World War’s impact on gender, the status of housewives and working women, women’s contribution to the Second World War effort, and Britain’s post-war economic and social recovery, this book supplies fresh and challenging insights into lower middle-class culture, during a period in which Britain’s lower middle classes were gaining prominence, and middle-class lifestyles were undergoing rapid and radical change.

Book Women s Weekly Knitting Book

Download or read book Women s Weekly Knitting Book written by Marion Smith and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Weekly

Download or read book The Weekly written by Denis O'Brien and published by Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Penguin Knitting Book

Download or read book The Penguin Knitting Book written by James Norbury and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penguin Knitting Book by James Norbury is a charming how-to-knit classic packed with delightfully vintage advice. Knitting fills a fascinating page in the human story. I know of no home-craft that enjoys the universal popularity of hand-knitting James Norbury's The Penguin Knitting Book, first published in 1957, is a how-to guide for the experienced knitter as well as the beginner. Full of wit and charm as well as tips and techniques for the contemporary knitter, The Penguin Knitting Book entertainingly illustrates all things vintage in the world of wool. Along with telling you how to knit, The Penguin Knitting Book includes original vintage patterns for every member of the family. Babies' coats, pullovers for father, sweaters for the teenager, dresses, jumpers, coats and cardigans, you will find them all in this charming aid to better knitting. 'James Norbury was the strongest single influence in British knitting during the twenty-five years after the Second World War' Sir Bishop Richard Rutt, author of A History of Hand Knitting '[In the late 1960s] there was a chap called James Norbury, who had his own knitting show on the BBC. I sat in on some of the programmes, and good stuff it was, too. I learned lots of racy stuff about 'knit one, purl one'' Sir David Attenborough 'Knitting is the saving of a life' Virginia Woolf James Norbury wrote The Penguin Knitting Book in 1957. He travelled extensively throughout the world, studying every aspect of the knitter's craft. A knitting historian, teacher and designer as well as a television star on his own BBC knitting show, he was Chief Designer for Patons and one of the foremost authorities on the history of knitting.

Book Willing s Press Guide

Download or read book Willing s Press Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to the press of the United Kingdom and to the principal publications of Europe, Australia, the Far East, Gulf States, and the U.S.A.

Book NZ Woman s Weekly

Download or read book NZ Woman s Weekly written by Janet Blackwell and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Knitting Fashions of the 1940s

Download or read book Knitting Fashions of the 1940s written by Jane Waller and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1940s was a decade of exciting and prolific knitting activity. Scarcity of wools and dyes produced imaginative but stylish designs. This classic pattern book , now in paperback for 2021, is a treasury of patterns, adapted for today's yarns and needles, that will appeal to all handknitters and to anyone interested in the period. Over fifty patterns are featured , ranging from twinsets to hats with a variety of stitches. Illustrations show the garments as advertised in the 1940s and as re-knitted for today's wear. Introductions to the patterns make this a unique book that will inform, inspire and delight.

Book The Loving Stitch

    Book Details:
  • Author : Heather Nicholson
  • Publisher : Auckland University Press
  • Release : 2013-11-01
  • ISBN : 1775581934
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book The Loving Stitch written by Heather Nicholson and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Loving Stitch is an engaging history of a subject never before explored but familiar to many New Zealanders. Heather Nicholson's knowledge of knitting and spinning is formidable but she also knows how to tell a good story and has a keen sense of humor. The Loving Stitch presents a chronological account of antipodean knitting, which is also a history of the domestic lives of women, of their resourcefulness, their talent and sociability. She follows the growth of pattern books, the role of knitting for troops in the two world wars, knitting in the Depression and the recent interest in art knitting. She also explores the different items produced by the skilled knitter, from jerseys and guernseys to counterpanes, socks and stockings, and a scarf that stretched right round Parliament Buildings. The book also includes material on spinning and on local wool mills, as well as general good advice drawn from the personal experience of hundreds of knitters and spinners. The Loving Stitch is impeccably researched, it is full of characters, memories and advice, and it is superbly illustrated.

Book A 1950s Mother

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sheila Hardy
  • Publisher : The History Press
  • Release : 2013-03-01
  • ISBN : 0752492543
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book A 1950s Mother written by Sheila Hardy and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMBARKING on motherhood was a very different affair in the 1950s to what it is today. From how to dress baby (matinee coats and bonnets) to how to administer feeds (strictly four-hourly if following the Truby King method), the childrearing methods of the 1950s are a fascinating insight into the lives of women in that decade. In A 1950s Mother, author, mother and grandmother Sheila Hardy collects heart-warming, personal anecdotes from those women who became mothers during this fascinating post-war period. From the benefits of ‘crying it out’ and being put out in the garden to gripe water and Listen with Mother, the wisdom of mothers from the 1950s reverberates down the decades to young mothers of any generation and is a hilarious and, at times, poignant trip down memory lane for any mother or child of the 1950s.

Book The Cumulative Book Index

Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 2168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Book Knitted Teddies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sandra Polley
  • Publisher : Collins & Brown
  • Release : 2019-12-12
  • ISBN : 1911163833
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Knitted Teddies written by Sandra Polley and published by Collins & Brown. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Sandra Polley and learn to knit your own classic bear! From miniature teddies to teddies reminiscent of collector's items of the 1940s and 50s, Knitted Teddies has patterns to knit more than fifteen gorgeous bears, ranging in style and size. With options for serious teddy afficionados; for bears with their own wardrobe of clothes; and even fully jointed bears. With easy-to-follow instructions and clear diagrams showing how to sew up, thread-joint, and create the perfect gift or heirloom, this is the perfect book for the experienced knitter or a keen beginner. Dress your bear in style with wardrobes including jackets, vests, cardigans, dresses, dungarees, scarves and hats. Learn how to build on the patterns given to create many other variations, including 'old' bears that have been loved and left in the attic, character teddies and mascots. Making an heirloom for your loved ones to cherish for years to come has never been so easy!

Book Knitter s Sketchbook

Download or read book Knitter s Sketchbook written by Emma Vining and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiration for twist and cable designs can be seen everywhere in the natural world and the urban environment, from the cracks in the pavement to building walls, posts and pillars. In A Knitter's Sketchbook: Design Inspiration for Twists and Cables, creative designer Emma Vining shares her experience of capturing pattern ideas in many diverse locations and settings, offering a design-led approach to creating unique knitting stitch patterns. This inspirational book takes a new look at hand knitting techniques that uses twisted stitches and cables. It can be used in many different ways: as a stitch library, a collection of knitting patterns or as a starting point to inspire designers for a personalized knitter's sketchbook. This beautifully illustrated book explores: the history of knitted twists and cables; demonstrates how using different yarns affect stitch patterns; describes twist and cable techniques and terminology; presents a wide-ranging stitch library with ideas to inspire further designs; illustrates the techniques with ten creative accessory patterns. This book illustrates these techniques with ten creative accessory patterns in the form of 189 colour photographs and 141 line artworks.

Book Wrong Sex  Wrong Instrument

Download or read book Wrong Sex Wrong Instrument written by Maggie Cotton and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now retired and no longer silenced by a contract, Maggie Cotton presents an honest and long-overdue player's perspective of life inside a professional symphony orchestra, describing how she became the first female percussionist in what was initially a staunchly male-dominated world. Now retired after forty years with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Maggie gives a fascinating and humorous insight into every aspect of her working life, including tours, conductors, composers, soloists, colleagues, recording contracts and educational work, as well as her own family life and the social conditions of wartime England and post-war Eastern Europe. Bolstered by her gritty Yorkshire roots, and naively undeterred by overwhelming odds, Maggie overcame many hurdles in pursuit of her ambition to play percussion in a professional symphony orchestra, in so doing transforming the face of women in that field from one of novelty circus performer to respected professional and colleague.

Book The Knitted Teddy Bear

Download or read book The Knitted Teddy Bear written by Sandra Polley and published by Collins & Brown. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knitting small toys is an absorbing and addictive hobby and homemade teddies have a special charm all of their own. The Knitted Teddy Bear has patterns to knit more than twelve gorgeous teddy bears, ranging in style and size. You will find traditional-style heirloom bears for serious teddy affictionados; for children there are bears with their own wardrobe of clothes; and there are tiny teds for the miniature bear enthusias The instructions are easy to follow and there are clear diagrams showing how to sew up, thread-joint, and create the perfect gift or heirloom. You can build on the patterns given to create many other variations, including 'old' bears that have been loved and left in the attic, character teddies and mascots. The Knitted Teddy Bear is perfect for teddy bear lovers and keen knitters of all skill-levels from the experienced to relative beginners.

Book Women s Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain  1918 1939

Download or read book Women s Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain 1918 1939 written by Catherine Clay and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the problem of anthropomorphism: a major bone of contention in 8th to 14th-century Islamic theology

Book Newspaper Press Directory

Download or read book Newspaper Press Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: