No Idle Hands: The Social History of American KnittingAn historian and lifelong knitter, Anne Macdonald now expertly guides readers on a revealing tour of the history of knitting in America. In No Idle Hands Macdonald considers how the necessity -- and the pleasure -- of knitting has shaped women's lives. |
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Page 49
... mittens " ; " Finished the mittens begun the 28th . " One can almost hear the rustle of paper as she flipped back to corroborate dates . Younger sister Pamela's diary , with her choice entry being " knit some and read some ...
... mittens " ; " Finished the mittens begun the 28th . " One can almost hear the rustle of paper as she flipped back to corroborate dates . Younger sister Pamela's diary , with her choice entry being " knit some and read some ...
Page 50
... mittens for pa . " Of even her twenty - first birthday she remarked laconically , " My birthday . Picked Wool and helped mother with the work . " Christmas Day drew only , " Washed , sewed . etc. etc. " At least once Pamela referred to ...
... mittens for pa . " Of even her twenty - first birthday she remarked laconically , " My birthday . Picked Wool and helped mother with the work . " Christmas Day drew only , " Washed , sewed . etc. etc. " At least once Pamela referred to ...
Page 354
... mittens you gave to us . I liked your letter too . The tree you carved your names in has been cut down . I got yellow mittens " ; " Thank you for those great mittens . They are rellely warm and I woude like to tell you that they added ...
... mittens you gave to us . I liked your letter too . The tree you carved your names in has been cut down . I got yellow mittens " ; " Thank you for those great mittens . They are rellely warm and I woude like to tell you that they added ...
Contents
Colonial Knitters | 3 |
Knitting for Liberty | 26 |
Knitting in the Circle of Domesticity | 44 |
Copyright | |
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