Knitting reading list

Historical and traditional Knitting

L Bellinger, 'Patterned Stockings: possibly Indian, found in Egypt', Textile Museum Washington DC, paper no. 10, December 1954

C Blackman, 'Hand knitting in Britain from 1908-39: the work of MarjoryTillotson', in Textile History vol.29, no.2, 1998, p.177-199

D K Burnham, 'Coptic Knitting: An Ancient Technique', in Textile History, Vol. 3, December 1972

W Carter, The Royal Exhibition Knitting, Netting and Crochet Book, London, 1851

Caulfield & Saward, Dictionary of Needlework London, 1822

Ciba Review, Notes on Textile Techniques No. 63, 1948

W Felkin, History of Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace (1867), reprinted with an introduction by Stanley D Chapman, David and Charles, 1967

V Gainford, Designs for knitting kilt hose and knicker-bocker stockings V M Gainford, Tayvalich, Lockgilphead, Argyll, 1978

M N Grass, A History of Hosiery New York, 1955

M N Grass, 'The Origins of the Art of Knitting', in Archaeology, VIII, 1955

M Hartley & J Ingilby, The Old Hand-Knitters of the Dales (1951), reprinted by the Dalesman, 1969

G Henson, History of the Framework Knitters (1831), reprinted with an introduction by Dr S D Chapman, David and Charles, 1970

M Harvey, Patons: A Story of Handknitting Patons & Baldwins Limited, 1985

F Hinchcliffe, Knit One, Purl One - Historic and Contemporary Knitting the V&A's Collection Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985

A Lambert, 'Peasant Textile Art' Ciba Review, No. 66, 1948

S Levey & F Hinchcliffe, 'Glove, Cap and Boot Hose', in Crafts No. 57, July/August

S Levey, 'Illustrations of the History of Knitting Selected from the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum', in Textile History Vol. I, No. 2, 1969

J Norbury, The Knitter's Craft London, 1950

J Norbury, The Penguin Kniting Book Harmondsworth, 1957

J Norbury, Traditional Knitting Patterns London, 1962

J Norbury, 'Knitting, Yesterday and Today'. in Wool Through the Ages International Wool Secretariat, London 1957

M Olki, The Handicrafts of the Finnish Women Porvoo, 1952

S Orchart Beeton, Beeton's Book of Needlework London, 1870

M Palmer, Framework Knitting Shire Album 119, Shire Publications Ltd,1984

M R R Pearson, Traditional Knitting of the British Isles, part 1 - Fisher Gansey Patterns of North East England Esteem Press, 1978

Traditional Knitting - Aran, Fair Isle and Fisher Ganseys Collins,1984

R Rutt, A History of hand-knitting Batsford, London, 1987

E Singer, A History of Technology Vol. III, Oxford, 1957

M Smith & M Twatt, A Shetland Pattern Book The Shetland Times, 1979

G Thompson, Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys and Arans Dover, 1979

I Turnau & K G Ponting, 'Knitted Masterpieces', in Textile History, Vol. 7, 1976

I Turnau, History of Knitting before Mass Production Warszawa, 1991

J C Varty-Smith, 'Some Knitting Implements of Cumberland and Westmorland', in Connoisseur, Vol. XXV, 1909

Professor F A Wells, The British Hosiery and Knitwear Industry 1935, revised edition David and Charles, 1972

M Wright, Cornish Guernseys and Knitfrocks Alison Hodge in association with Ethnographica Ltd, 1979