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“The Uncertainty of Life”: Crochet & the Progressive Agenda |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. 8220;The Uncertainty of Life”: Crochet and the Progressive Agenda. April 17, 2015. April 17, 2015. In the same 1913 issue of. That I wrote about last week. Appeared the following ad, for Traveler’s Insurance. From the Library of Congress. The grim collection includes images of families whose members have ringworm and running sores, yet work all day in filthy surroundings adding crochet trimmings to underwear. 8217;till next time,. To learn more…. On factory work, you might be ...
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Stitch Diary: 1843-1850, The Ladies’ Work Table Book |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Stitch Diary: 1843-1850, The Ladies’ Work Table Book. February 21, 2015. March 13, 2015. One of my purposes in writing this blog is to create a resource that Victorian crochet enthusiasts can use as they try to interpret 19th century patterns. Stitch diary posts like this one identify, and to the extent possible, seek to clarify the meaning of 19th century crochet terms. First published in London in 1843,. The Ladies’ Work Table Book. The Ladies’ Work Table Book. 8211; CH ST.
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Crocheting in meetings — Courageous act or outrageous inattention? |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Crocheting in meetings — Courageous act or outrageous inattention? April 11, 2015. April 14, 2015. Mrs Pankhurst Departs, by O.E. Cesare. Emmeline Pankhurst toured the United States in 1913, and this image was featured in Harper’s Weekly in the November 29 issue. 8220;The Culture Club of Deadham” tells of a suffragette who speaks at a women’s club. “Miss S.Tonethrower,” is nearly undone when as she begins her speech,. Ultimately, Susan is defeated–after a word of thanks ...
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Irish Crochet and the Great Potato Famine |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Irish Crochet and the Great Potato Famine. March 21, 2015. March 22, 2015. Last week, I read this interesting commentary. Child’s dress by Mlle. de la Branchardiere. Mlle Riego de la Branchardiere, who made this child’s dress, is recognized by crochet historians as a major contributor to the lace industry. Deeply concerned with the working conditions of the Irish peasants, Mlle. Riego was “uncommonly determined to make the conditions of life better for the ...A J Publishing In...
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Suffrage, Lace, and “Slow Fashion” |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Suffrage, Lace, and “Slow Fashion”. May 7, 2015. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a talk on Jazz Age (1920s era) clothing by Cynthia Amneus, the Chief Curator of Fashion Arts and Textiles at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Her talk, on how clothing styles changed with the transition from the Victorian era to the early twentieth century got me thinking about (you guessed it) crochet, women’s fashion, and suffrage. Wear an abundance of lace in various photos. You can see how lace ha...
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Stitch Diary: 1846 – Knitting, Crochet, and Netting |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Stitch Diary: 1846 – Knitting, Crochet, and Netting. March 29, 2015. A penciled note inside the front cover of the book identifies. Knitting, Crochet, and Netting — with Twelve Illustrations. She defines only a few basic stitches, and mentions other common names used to describe the same stitch. The definitions themselves provide clues that hint at the logic underlying the UK terminology conventions, which seem to have originated from some combination of the number of loop...
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Cosmic Confluence: National Crochet Month International Women’s Day … and Coffee! March 6, 2015. I love what turns up when you Google a couple of seemingly unrelated terms, like “crochet” and the name of suffragist and founder of the League of Women Voters “Carrie Chapman Catt.” One result was like a cosmic confluence that unexpectedly tied together March — National Crochet Month — and International Women’s Day. Celebrated on March 8. 8220;Can there be anything finer and more ...
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Writing Road Trips – Vermont, New York, Connecticut |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Writing Road Trips – Vermont, New York, Connecticut. August 7, 2015. August 7, 2015. Plaque commemorating the first women’s rights convention at the Women’s Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, NY. I’ve taken two road trips this summer as part of this suffrage crochet project. The first trip was to Vermont, where I took Donna Druchunas’ “Birth Your Knitting Book” writing workshop. About a third of those in attendance. Few of those who attended the convention would live...
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Stitch Diary: 1877-1879 – The Lady’s Crochet-book |
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Stitch Diary: 1877-1879 – The Lady’s Crochet-book. March 13, 2015. March 21, 2015. Published in New York in 1879 by Anson D. F. Randolph and Company,. The Lady’s Crochet-Book. Seems at first glance to be yet another pirated needlework book that has made a trans-atlantic crossing — There’s also a. Third series) by E.M.C. that was published two years earlier in London, by Hatchards, Piccadilly. But these two editions of. The Lady’s Crochet-Book. The near total difference between...
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Patterns 4 Success Crochet. Writing Road Trips – Vermont, New York, Connecticut. August 7, 2015. August 7, 2015. Plaque commemorating the first women’s rights convention at the Women’s Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, NY. I’ve taken two road trips this summer as part of this suffrage crochet project. The first trip was to Vermont, where I took Donna Druchunas’ “Birth Your Knitting Book” writing workshop. About a third of those in attendance. Few of those who attended the convention would live...