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Knitting pattern for vest and knicker set for women 1930sSoft and slimming ! Vest and knicker set knitted in petal-soft wool with simple trimming. 1930s
Dog Collects for WoolSouthville Beau, a Yorkshire Terrier, has collected three thousand pennies for the Wool Fund to knit socks and balaclava helmets for our boys in the trenches. Date: 1914 - 1918 war
A Knitting Lesson 1886A little girl is given a knitting lesson by her grandmother. Date: 1886
Advert for Jays jersey knitwear for women 1937Selection of jersey knitwear for women, including lace wool jumper with collar and jabot, smart twin set and knitted dress with long and contrasting cardigan and sash. Date: 1937
Man and Boy, Lavenda Hand Knit jumpersMan and Boy in Lavenda Hand Knit jumpers. 1960s
Advert for Braemar Scotlands knitwear 1933Two women wearing same style different colour Botany woollen cardigans and flared skirts. Date: 1933
Models wearing fashionable jerseys 1933Three models wearing fashionable jerseys for the summer; (top left) green and yellow striped with collar sleeves and waist band in former shade
Fashion hood photograph, Britannia and Eve magazine, 1939A woman smiling with a hand-knitted hood on. Date: 1939
Late 1930s knitting section, Britannia and Eve, 1939Page from Britannia and Eve, August 1939 instructing on how to knit an evening woollen sweater. The article provides all the information needed, such as the materials required
Nursery Viyella advertisement, 1939An advertisement showing a baby and a knitted vest to promote the qualities of Nursery Viyella knitting yarn. The advertisement reads
Woman of Naples knitting. Date: 1904
Wartime knitting section, Britannia and Eve, 1940A double-page knitting section with a man wearing a top tank pullover in the first page, a woman with a plain sweater and another with a crochet snood, hat and mittens in the second. Date: 1940
Sixties winter fashionsWinter fashions from the 1960s. The model seated upright on the boat wears a cable-knit sweater in gold from Marshall and Snelgrove, brown, red and blue checked skirt by Slimma
French WW1 knitting postcard - Patrie FamillePatriotic French postcard showing a wife at home with her children and a huge pile of knitted comforts, thinking of her soldier husband, who is writing a letter home. Date: c.1915
2 Plain, 1 Purl, WW1 knitting cartoonCartoon by Stan Terry in The Tatler showing two plain old ladies and one pretty purl of a young woman all sat knitting comforts for troops at the Front. Date: 1917
Cartoon, French classroom scene, WW1Cartoon, French classroom scene, with girls knitting socks for soldiers at the Front during the First World War. Date: 1915
L Amour Tricote, WW1 knittingAn elegant French lady absorbed in her knitting ignores a playful cherub who is tumbling about with her ball of wool. Knitting illustration from 1914 when women on the home front of the countries at
WW1 knitting song music sheet - I m Knitting a RosaryFront cover of a music sheet for a knitting-themed song - I m Knitting a Rosary, - words by Robert Levenson and music by Vincent Plunkett
WW1 American knitting song coverEvery Girl is Knitting for Some Mothers Son in France. Front cover of a patriotic knitting-themed song sheet music from the Great War written by Hawley and Bellaire. Date: c.1917
WW1 knitting song sheet musicFront cover of sheet music for Knitting Song, published during the First World War when national patriotism was manifested by knitting comforts for troops. Date: c.1917
WW1 Canadian knitting song, music sheet coverKnitting Socks for Daddys Men, a patriotic song with words and music by Jean Munro Mulloy, wife of Trooper Mulloy of South African fame
Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the frontField & Hospital Comforts in Knitting and Crochet. Great War knitting booklet published by J & J Baldwins of Halifax featuring two British soldiers in a snowy trench on the Western Front
The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting playFront cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917
Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarnsPage from a booklet published by Sunlight Yarns during the First World War with patterns and instructions to make a variety of garments or comforts for troops at the front
The Modern Knitting Book, WW1Page from The Modern Knitting Book, a standard text for knitters edited by the appropriately named Flora Klickmann. Date: c.1916
A Revolution in Sock Knitting, WW1 Australian leafletFront cover of a leaflet issued by Parmer & Company of Sydney, Australia, instructing knitters on how to knit two socks at the same time on a single set of knitting needles
American Red Cross leaflet, WW1 - knitting socks for soldierA leaflet produced by the American Red Cross giving directions on knitting articles suitable for the Army, Navy and European sufferers
WW1 knitting, woollen belts - gift to the troops from QueenGift to the Troops at the Front from the Queen and the Women of the Empire. Leaflet giving instructions on how to knit woollen belts for troops during the First World War
American Red Cross Womens Bureau WW1 knitting bookletFront cover of The American Red Cross Womens Bureau instructions for knitting comforts for soldiers. Photograph features a very handsome young man dressed in a knitted balaclava with extended chest
WW1 knitting booklet patterns, knitted helmetsInside of a First World War era knitting booklet with various patterns instructing knitters how to make woollen comforts for the troops
American WW1 knitting bookletFront and back cover of a knitting booklet produced by the C. T. Sherer Company of Worcester, Massachussetts, with patterns inside for the boys of the U. S. Army & Navy. Date: 1917
Patons Khaki knitting wools advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Patons Khaki knitting wools during the First World War, specifically for knitting comforts for troops at the front
WW1 knitting booklet, The Higbee CompanyThe 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
Knitted bedtime clothes, circa 1941Three women pose in their knitted night attire: one models a brassiere and knicker set, the next a white, lace knit bed jacket with long knitted bishop sleeves and close fitting front
Cast of The Country Girl at Dalys knitting, WW1Girls rehearsing " The Country Girl" at Dalys Theatre, pose for a publicity photograph during an interval engaged in making mittens and mufflers for soldiers. Date: 1914
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
German school girls knitting socks for soldiers, WW1German school girls knitting socks for soldiers in 1914. Date: 1914
French women knitting for soldiers, WW1Front cover of L Illustration showing three generations of French women knitting comforts for troops in the early months of the First World War. Date: 1914
Wilkinson Manufacturing Co knitting wools for WW1 comfortsText only advertisement for Wilkinson Manufacturing Co of Accrington Road Mills, Burnley and their special knitting wools that passed all War Office regulations
WW1 knitting and the end of the war, cartoon" Granny, I AM glad we ve lived to see peace!" A little girl expresses her relief at surviving the war. It did rather go on longer than anyone expected
Mother knitting during WW1, cartoonOh, yes, Mater, we had a posh time of it down there. Whatever do you mean by " posh, " Gerald? Don t you know? Its slang for " swish"
WW1 cartoon - Family KnittingGreat-Grandmama (ferociously to the family circle). " When I think of all the trouble that that Kaiser has brought into Europe, I could box his ears
WW1 cartoon - The Super-Patriot - knittingA biddable gentleman is disturbed from his armchair nap and used by two ladies of the house to wind wool. Knitting comforts for troops was a nationwide activity during the First World War
WW1 cartoon - woman knittingNephew: I m reading a very interesting book, Aunt, called, Germany and the Next War. Aunt, Well, my dear, I should have thought they had their hands full enough with the present one
The Vision FeminineAn ilustration showing a woman knitting during WW1 and using a specific technique with a ball of wool. Date: 1916
Liberty knitting bag, WW1A boat shaped knitting bag in colour printed shantung silk lined with cotton, available from Libertys at a cost of 9s. 11d. Just the ticket for all the enthusiastic knitters of the First World War
Billeting soldiers, WW1 humourMaid to mistress: If yer please, mem, theres a hofficer at the door, and e wants to know if you can FILLET two sojers. A maid rather misunderstands the request of a billeting officer at a house
Phyllis Dare knitting, WW1Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), the English actress, who was born Phyllis Haddie Dones, c.1910. Together with her sister, Zena, she was one of the great