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Shepherd and shepherdess on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Types Of Peasantry, NaplesA mother sitting on the steps knitting with her daughter on one of the poorer streets of Naples. Date: 1904
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
Two dogs with knitting on a Christmas and New Year cardTwo dogs fighting over a piece of knitting on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
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
WW1 British Royal Artillery officer wearing knitted scarfPhotograph of an unidentified officer in the Royal Artillery wearing a great coat and what looks like a hand knitted scarf or muffler. Date: c.1917
Violet Loraine knitting in Round the Map, WWIActress Violet Loraine, darning socks in her role in Round the Map at the Alhambra, where she sang a sock darning anthem to music composed by Herman Fink
Babies in knitted clothes, circa 1941A selection of modern knitted baby clothes, to accompany a piece on knitting patterns, circa 1941. Date: c. 1941
Working and knitting apron, WW1A knitting apron, available from Elizabeth Ltd of South Molton Street, drawing inspiration from our Allies, Russian and Italy
Woman in the costume of Coutances in bonnet with papillon wings.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885
Queens Work for Women Fund, making socks for soldiers, WW1The Queens Work for Women Fund, whose headquarters were based in a mansion in Piccadilly, pictured with just some of the seventy machines which had been installed in the drawing room to work on some
Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order
People with three dogs in a garden, FrancePeople (three women and a man) with three dogs in a garden, France. Date: circa 1932
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
Business as Usual revue - Knitting and Sewing sceneA scene from Business as Usual a new revue at the London Hippodrome with a vicar addressing a group of ladies who are knitting and sewing comforts for troops. Date: 1914
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
American Red Cross Knitting song sheet music, WW1Theres a Girl Who Is Knitting for You - words by George Hopkins, music by Florence Mills Nixson. Knitting song published in aid of the American Red Cross during the First World War. Date: c.1917
Sunlight Yarn Knitting book - vintage tennis fashionFront cover of a Sunlight Yarn Knitting book featuring a young woman in a fine knitted jumper readying herself to take a smash during a tennis match. Date: 1914-1918
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 Needle Worker, WW1 knitting & sewing bookletFront cover of monthly magazine, The Needle Worker, from the Great War period featuring a photograph of a Belgian kepi cap - the knitting pattern for which was inside. Date: c.1915
Leachs knitting booklet - garments for scouts, WW1Front cover of a Leachs knitting booklet from the Great War period. This issue focuses on making clothing for scouts who were an important part of the war effort at home. Date: c.1915
French WW1 knitting patternReproduction of the front cover of a French WW1 period knitting booklet, with examples of tricotons (otherwise known as comforts ) available to knit for soldiers at the front. Date: 1914-1918
Leachs WW1 knitting booklet - Comforts for MenFront cover of a Leachs Comforts for Men booklet, part of their Home Needlework Series, featuring a number of woollen comforts including a helmet or balaclava, fingerless gloves and socks
Doll dressed in crochet as a soldier, WW1A doll dressed in a crocheted military uniform - pattern in The Needle Worker magazine, March 1915. Date: 1915
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
Bracelet wool holder, WW1Advertisement for a bracelet wool holder, an accessory to aid knitters who were making socks, mufflers and other comforts for soldiers during the First World War. Date: 1915
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
Sock darning by men, WW1A middle-aged man employed in darning a sock and rocking a baby - a reversal of roles during the First World War. Date: 1917
A Useful Knitting Case, WW1A useful knitting case from J. C. Vickery fitted with excellent bone and steel needles, crochet and wool hooks - the ideal gift for Christmas 1914
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
WW1 crocheted cap and scarf combined for soldiersPattern and photograph taken from a Baldwins Wool Great War era knitting booklet for a crocheted cap and scarf combined. Date: c.1915
Knitted muffler American Red Cross booklet, WW1 knittingPage from a page of The American Red Cross Womens Bureau leaflet of knitting instructions for producing comforts for soldiers
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
Sweaters for Troops postcards, WW1 knittingA printed postcard with words of thanks from Mr John Penoyre who organised large-scale donations of knitted sweaters for solders and sailors during the First World War
Countess Zia and Nada Torby packing mittens for troops, WW1Countess Zia Torby (later Lady Zia Wernher) and Countess Nada Torby (later Mountbatten), daughters of Grand Duke Michael and prominent figures in society organised this group of society ladies who