Guide to Knitting/Stitching Resources In The Design ...

Guide to Knitting/Stitching Resources In The Design Collection
The collection is mainly housed in numbered boxes, or shelved within Design Collection

Title Date Author/Publisher Box Details
No.

Anchor Embroidery Threads Colour Card Clark & Co. Anchor Mills, Paisley 8 No.101 Sample Card of 100s of threads

Aprons of 18th Century 1964-7 O Connor, Margaret College project. Handbound folio and booklet, containing
1948? Amalgamated London Press examples of embroidery
Bestway Fashions ABC of Dressmaking,
Cutting & Fitting 8 No.324

Better Homes and Gardens 1958-60 Incomplete

Betty Foster s Adapting To Fashion 1981 Macdonald/Thames TV 9 Published to accompany Thames TV series Afternoon Plus

Book 2 Embroidery Stitches 8

Busy Bee Knitting & Crochet Marjory Tillotson 2 Article about

Canvas Embroidery Patterns Book 1974 Coats Sewing Group 8 Coats Sewing Group, Glasgow

Clothkits 1988-93 5 Mail Order knitwear. Incomplete

Crochet Stitches Booklet JP Coats UK Ltd 2a R6489 Art No Q049-DI
DMC Library Turkish Embroideries Th de Dillmont Mulhouse France 8

Dress Cutting Measure Book 1931 Roberts, ME 8

Dressmaking Patterns- Women s, Men s, 1920s- 10-15 Various patterns by Bestway, Blackmore, Butterick, Du Barry,
Children, Bridal 8 Fleetway, Le Roy, McCalls, Marie Claire, Maudella, Practical, Reveille,
1953-4 Drum & Co. Doncaster/Storeys 8 See & Sew, Simplicity, Style, Vogue, Weldons, Woman, Woman s Life
Drury & Co. Storeen Colours Samples 1930 Lancaster
Sample book of Storolan Drum & Co. opened 1930. Closed
English Smocks Armes, Alice 1964

Family Circle 1970-1 Monthly magazine 2 issues

Gutermann Thread Painting Book 1985 Hubbard, Liz 8

Handbook of Knitting & Crocheting 1933 Fleming, Reid & Co.Ltd Scotland 2a

Title Date Author/ Publisher Box Details
No.
Monthly women s magazine-incomplete -2 issues
Housewife 1952,1968

Irish Linen Guild Booklet 8 Booklet promoting Irish Linen features design by Irish couturier
Sybil Connelly
Kingsway Embroidery Transfers 1940 Bernat Klein, Scotland
Klein, Bernat 1930s- Patons & Baldwins 8
Knitting Made Easy Booklet 3 Knitting patterns & wool designed by Bernat Klein
Knitting For The Army 2
Knitting Patterns-womens 9 Knitting patterns
1-6 Various patterns by Patons & Baldwins, Emu, Hayfield, Jaeger, Lee
Knitting patterns-Men 1940s- Patons & Baldwins
Knitting patterns-Babies, Children 1940s- Target, Robin, Sirdar, Wendy
Knitting To A Budget 1971 Conde Nast 1a
Living 1975-79? 4,6
Mon Tricot Knitting & Crocheting 1970s Patons
Nail & Thread Pictures Oct 1947 2
Needlecraft & Needlewoman No.32 NDS Glasgow 1934-1961 Monthly magazine
Needlework Illustrated 1951
NDS Glasgow 9 6 Issues, Nos 25-54
Needlework Development Scheme (NDS) 1957- NDS Glasgow 8 Feature from women s magazine
Started 1934 to promote embroidery throughout 1960s NDS Glasgow 8 Monthly women s magazine (prev. The Needlewoman)
schools, colleges NDS Glasgow 8 Booklet promoting Patons Turkey Wool
1966 NDS Glasgow 8 Six titles from the NDS Series. NDS archive details at
-Account of its origins and aims 1980s NDS Glasgow
-Starting to Sew Needlecraft http://scottishtextileheritage.org.uk
-And so To Begin Needlecraft
-And So To Furnish Needlecraft 8 History of the NDS
-Embroidery Stitches Book No.1 Needlecraft 8 School Series
-Experiments In Embroidery Patons & Baldwins 8 School Series
Needlecraft Practical Journal No.58 8
Needlecraft Practical Journal No.60 Associated Newspapers Ltd 8 By Hills, Whayman, Campbell
Needlecraft Practical Journal No.104 8 Kessell
Needlecraft Practical Journal 2a 9th Edition featuring crochet
Patons & Baldwins Fashion Knits 2a
2a Used by donor from 1920 onwards
Patterns
Patricia Roberts Knitting Designs Six issues bound. Nos 84-161 incomplete
1 Incomplete

3a 5 Issues Nos 8-12. Well illustrated with photographs
5 Famous knitwear designer

Title Date Author/Publisher Box Details
No.
Pingouin 1980s Odhams Press Knitting Pattern Booklets
Pins And Needles 1967 Gough, ELG 5
Practical Homeknitting 1949 Courtelle by Coats 3a Pattern featuring designs by 1960s designer Mary Quant
Principles of Garment Cutting 1944 8 Women s story paper
Quant, Mary Knitting Pattern DC Thomson 8
Quilting By Penelope 1946-7 Patons 3 Illustrated colour booklet featuring David Whitehead fabrics
Red Letter Thos French & Sons, Manchester 8
Rugcraft 1970 HMSO Gilbert, KR Science Museum Illustrated Booklet
Rufflette Curtains Booklet 1960-2 Singer 8
Sewing Machine, The 8
Singer Sewing Library-How to Make Collars 1974 Needlework Design Centre 8
Singer Sewing Library-How to Make Cushions 1978 Marshall Cavendish 8
Smocking By Penelope 1930s-
Smocking & Quilting 1970s Hartley & Roe 8 5 copies
Stitch by Stitch Perkins 8
Stitchcraft Conde Nast
Series covering Knitting, Sewing, Crochet. Parts 30-98
Topics & Questions In Needlework 1930s- Weldons Incomplete set. Magazine of knitting, crochet, embroidery and
Using the Sewing Machine 1960s Weldons sewing patterns. Incorporated Needlewoman magazine from
Vogue Knits/ Vogue Knitting Weldons
1949- Weldons 1977
Vogue Knitting Book 1956 Weldons 8
Weldons 8
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter 1937 1 Incomplete
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter 1939 Weldons
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter 1920s Woman Magazine 1 Incomplete
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter 1968 9 How To Cut, Fit & Make Bodices, Blouses..
Weldons Dressmaker & Cutter Transfer
Patterns 9 Tailored Coats & Skirts, Boys suits. Part 2
Weldons Practical Crochet
Woman Handibook of Successful Sewing 9 How To Cut Out & Make Underwear Part 3

9 Smart Styles For Larger Hips No 406

9 New Jackets, Skirts & Blouses No. 472

8

Vols 25-34
8

Title Date Author/Publisher Box Details
No.
Woolcloth Sample Book 3rd ed. Patons & Baldwins Produced by Dept of Education, International Wool Secretariat
Woolcraft-A Practical Guide To Kni/Crochet Woolworths 8 Editions 13, 14, 18.Undated. Also two copies undated
Woolworths Knitting Magazine 1974 2 1 issue
Woman & Home 1954, Brother Knitting Machines 3a 2 issues
1956
Woman s Own Embroidery Supplement 8 5 issues
Woman s Realm 1966-69 11 Issues. Incomplete.
Woman s Weekly 1965- 5 Booklet featuring designs for machine knitting
1984
Zandra Rhodes Collection 1980s