Knitting Collection (page 9)

Teenager being told off
An older woman knits in her sitting room, whilst delivering a stern reprimand to a sullen faced teenage girl (her daughter) who sits alongside her looking downcast and moderately fed up

Muller Automatic Cone-winder
A factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Threads entering a weaving machine
A woman factory worker in blue uniform feeds light blue thread into a large piece of (possibly weaving?) machinery at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Banks of Winding machines for acrylic yarn
A seemingly never-ending bank of winding machines for acrylic yarns at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

A Machine Collects Woollen Thread on spools
A factory worker checks a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

Knitting a Jersey
A woman, seated by an open door, knits a jersey as worn by fishermen and sailers on the Cornish coast

The suffrage debate: two extreme portraits
The anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer

Hand knitted jacket, 1954
A coat to make, using rug wool which knits speedily and achieves the fashionable chunky look. Good for street wear in the Spring an; d acceptable for cooler evenings later

Cotton for cocktails
A finely knitted evening sweater (made in Coats cotton) which achieves the illusion of lace

The Wool Shop. Two little girls look through different loops and rolls of wool, twine and ribbon in a Wool Shop, which is also selling items of clothing and knitting needles

Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret knitting
Front cover of The Sketch showing Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret knitting in their garden during World War II

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Queen Victoria with Princess Henry of Battenberg
This is a glimpse of the home life of Queen Victoria, seen here sitting in an armchair knitting as she listens to Princess Henry of Battenberg reading from a newspaper

Knitting wool production - mechanical process
Immense coils of knitting wool are fed into spinning and processing machinery from vast round tubs. The factory of Patons & Baldwins, Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Everybody Can Help
Two rather effeminate young men, obviously not cut out to be soldiers, instead help the war effort by knitting for the troops, while smoking rather a lot

Women knitting in a wine-cellar in a much bombarded Rheims

Rhapsody in Wood
Victorian girl knitting a garment for her boyfriend or husband who is away fighting, possibly in the Crimea?

Swimwear knitting pattern, 1948
Illustration showing a honey and white striped, all-in-one bathing suit knitting pattern, 1948

Woman Crocheting 1940S
A young woman sitting in her armchair sews together crocheted squares, todays equivalent of knitting blankets for the troops during World War Two

Knitting with Mother
A little boy watches his mother knitting. Clothing was rationed during World War Two the ability to knit for the whole family and make-do and mend was crucial

PIPE & HOE
This dependable looking chap partakes of a spot of gardening while he enjoys his pipe. He wife is no doubt indoors knitting him another piece of warm apparel

Sunny Stories for Tiny Folk
Stylised front cover illustration of a childrens book from the 1920s showing three little enjoying a cosy afternoon knitting and reading

Mothers & Upset Child
Mother comforting her upset child

Victorian Lady Knitting
A Victorian woman knitting

Shortest Day 1886
The Shortest Day: Everyone gathers around the fire as twilight turns to night

Grandmother Reads Aloud
An elderly lady lays aside her knitting to help her grandson to read from the family Bible

Artist and her Mother
Mademoiselle Pastel suivie de sa Mere - a young Frenchwoman sets out to paint, followed by her mother who carries her easel, stool and knitting

Girl Knits Silhouette
she knits

Girl and Kittens C1875
A girls knitting is not made any easier by the playfulness of four kittens who find her ball of wool an entertaining plaything

Mother Knitting with Kid
Mother knitting whilst speaking to her daughter

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