Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Teach Yourself to Knit the Easy Columbia Minerva Way
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This week’s pick: Teach Yourself to Knit the Easy Columbia Minerva Way. Source: Found in my mom’s collection when she moved. Publication date: 1968. Status: Out of print and expensive online. Condition: This booklet has a fair amount of wear and tear. Craft: Knitting. This interesting booklet came into my collection when my mom moved recently. She found [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Crocheting for Pleasure by Mildred Graves Ryan
This week’s pick: Crocheting for Pleasure by Mildred Graves Ryan. Source: Inherited from my grandmother’s collection. Publication date: 1983 Book Club Edition. Status: Out of print and widely available online. Condition: The inside is in great shape but the dust jacket has seen better days. Craft: Crochet. This is one of my favorites in my vintage collection. (I’ve previously reviewed it here.) I [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Tricot Crochet by Rebecca Jones
This week’s pick: Tricot Crochet: The Complete Book by Rebecca Jones. Source: Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles. Publication date: 2000 US reprint of a 1991 Australian publication. Status: Available online ($22 at Lacis, or $80 on Amazon). Condition: Excellent. Craft: Tunisian Crochet. I reviewed this book before, but I felt it needed another look as a vintage book. It is [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: The Crochet Sweater Book by Sylvia Cosh
This week’s pick: The Crochet Sweater Book: Over 30 original designer patterns by Sylvia Cosh. Source: PaperbackSwap.com. Publication date: 1987. Status: Out-of-print but widely available online. Condition: Very good with protective library-type plastic cover. Craft: Crochet. The Crochet Sweater Book is the first true crochet fashion design primer that I’m aware of in the modern era. [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Crocheting Patchwork Patterns by Annette Lep
This week’s pick: Crocheting Patchwork Patterns: 23 Granny Squares for Afghans, Sweaters and Other Projects by Annette Lep. Source: I’m not exactly sure when and how this book came into my collection. Publication date: 1981 Status: Reprinted by Dover Books in 2012 and widely available. Condition: Very good. Craft: Crochet. I’ve previously reviewed this booklet in my granny square [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Better Homes and Gardens Crocheting & Knitting
This week’s pick: Better Homes and Gardens Crocheting & Knitting Source: Paperbackswap.com Publication date: 1977 Status: Out of print but available online. Condition: Smells like a basement, but in relatively good condition. Crafts: Crochet and knitting. I went on a hunt for this book after seeing Crochetbug’s version of the afghan on the cover. (For those of you considering making your [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Coats & Clark’s Book No. 208 Edgings
This week’s pick: Coats & Clark’s Book No. 208 Edgings Source: Purchased from CountrynMore2 on Etsy. Publication date: 1971 Status: Out of print but available online. Condition: Edges are worn. Crafts: Crochet, knitting, and tatting. I’ve mentioned this booklet before on my blog. I bought it when I was planning to learn hairpin lace while I was crocheting my way through Crochet Master [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Fishermen’s Sweaters
This week’s pick: Fishermen’s Sweaters: Twenty Exclusive Knitwear Designs for All Generations by Alice Starmore Source: Gifted to me by one of my students who found it for $1 in a thrift shop. Publication date: 1993 Status: Reprinted by Collins & Brown in 2010. Condition: Mild wear on dust jacket. Craft: Knitting In her introduction, Alice Starmore explains that ”knitting fisher ganseys entirely in the [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: French Chic: Fashion Knitting
This week’s pick: French Chic: Fashion Knitting by Conran Octopus Ltd Source: PaperbackSwap.com Publication date: 1986 Status: Out of print but widely available online. Condition: Price tag on the cover and worn edges, but otherwise in good shape Craft: Knitting Since last week was all about fashion crochet, I thought I should share some fashion knitting this week. As the cover photo [...]
Vintage Needlecrafts Pick of the Week: Fashion Crochet by Caroline Horne
This week’s pick: Fashion Crochet by Caroline Horne Source: Inherited from my grandmother‘s collection Publication date: 1970 Status: Out of print. Available online with prices ranging from “reasonable” to “apply for a line of credit.” Condition: Damaged dust jacket, but otherwise in very good condition Craft: Crochet This is an awesome little gem that I found in my grandmother’s home after she [...]
