Centenary Stitches: Telling the story of one WW1 family through vintage knitting and crochet
January 13, 2019 - Comment
The story of the Crowder family of Lincolnshire, England is told in the film ‘Tell Them of Us’. This book tells the story of the film, and how more than 100 knitters from the UK and USA were involved with creating the costumes. The book has over 70 patterns for all the family translated from,
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I enjoyed this book so much and have knitted a few … I enjoyed this book so much and have knitted a few of the patterns that I needed to purchase a second copy. The book is well written and the modernized versions of the late Victorian/Edward and/World War I patterns are absolutely wonderful. They are sized in a wide range of sizes including four and five x and many of the patterns are sized for the whole family or have variations that will fit the whole family all the way from newborn babies two adults who are full figured. The instructions are…
Great information as well as lots of patterns I bought this book because I am interested in textile history, but I did not anticipate that there would be so many patterns I would want to use! It’s a very generous offering indeed.
Fascinating read Fascinating read with interesting historical information and patterns that can actually be used today