Handicraft Collection (#2)

WW1 knitting booklet patterns, knitted helmets
Inside of a First World War era knitting booklet with various patterns instructing knitters how to make woollen comforts for the troops

WW1 knitting booklet, The Higbee Company
The Knitting Needle has again come into its own. Front cover of a small booklet published by the Higbee Company (USA) containing patterns for knitting comforts for troops during the First World War

Alloa knitting wools by John Patons, 1899
Advertisement for Alloa knitting wools by John Paton and Son, dated 1899. Though the company merged with J.P Coates in the 1960s, the Patons trademark continues in use today. Date: 1899

WW1 knitting - patriotic postcard
" We Must All Do Something for Our Country!" Two children sit on a doorstep knitting comforts for soldiers out of khaki wool

Malmo, Sweden - The Strandpaviljongen (Beach Pavilion) - a popular summer restaurant built in 1896 for the Nordic Industry and Handicraft Exhibition

Lady from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with two other women working on needlecraft and a male musucian, sitting on the floor surrounded by elegant cushions. Date: 1894

Women doing needlework, Sweden 1920s. Date: 1920s

Tanzania - Native Potter, Kigoma Date: circa 1930s

Cottage industry in Smaland, Sweden Date: 1940s

Motherhood Lessons
Young ladies learning how to be good mothers by caring for a baby during a motherhood lesson at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Womens work service in Germany
Womens work service working on handicrafts in Germany in the 1930s

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Girl Learning Lacework
A schoolgirl learning the art of lacework at the London County Council Handicraft School

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School

Girls Making Stools
Two girls making chairs or stools at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

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