1884 Knitted Lace Sample Book

At the end of the last pattern I referred to this next post as "Loose Ends" because I anticipated presenting Sea Shell Lace as an ...

This is another pattern our Victorian knitter copied down in her sample book without including its name. Two rows of ladder eyelets run alon...

"Vine Tidy" is in a class by itself among the patterns of the sample book. Not only is it one of a mere handful of stockingnet des...

"Wheat-Ear Lace" is a relatively narrow garter stitch edging, blocking to 7/8" when knit in fingering weight yarn on 2.25mm n...

"Normandy Lace" is from a newspaper clipping accompanied by this note: Sisters of the Home: Here are directions for knitting Norma...

"French Lace" is a garter stitch edging featuring a spot design of eyelet clusters formed by short segments of faggoting. A single...

Simple and sweet, "Second Pattern" (from a newspaper clipping, the name implies there having been another design published at the ...