I know most of us in the U.S. are cookin' hot, but what better time to sit in a nice air conditioned space and knit? So today I have a charming historical knitting pattern for a 1910s Ladies' Cozy Jacket style sweater from the book Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art.
I love the edging detail featured in this historical knit sweater pattern from Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art.
A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
Melanie Falick
“Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology.” —Melanie Falick
This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.
Susan M. Strawn teaches history of costume and various other textiles courses as an assistant professor in the Apparel Design and Merchandising Department at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. Before entering academic life, she was an illustrator, photostylist, and sometimes writer at Interweave Press in Loveland, Colorado. When she was eight years old, her grandmother taught her knitting basics, and she has never since been without a knitting project. During the summer, she knits in Seattle.
Really interesting to see both the length and the details. I wonder if it was really that small around the back, or it was pulled back fro the photograph to be taken?
Anyone know?
Posted by: Suella | July 19, 2011 at 11:49 PM