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Tag: basic knitting

  • A Kettle Holder in Double Knitting (The Workwoman’s Guide, 1840)

    The Authoress.

    In the Living History Knits (and Crochets!) group on Facebook, there’s a call for a few period-correct patterns friendly to beginning knitters. Though you can’t get any more beginner-friendly than basic garter stitch (what’s known as plain knitting in the mid-19th century), I was asked to translate a kettle holder…