I’ve been looking through the Library Of Congress’s Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. It has some great images.
It seems that before women had swifts they had men:
that knitting in groups is no new thing:
and that knitting transcends age and social status:
The American Red Cross online Museum has an interesting collection of patterns from the World War II era patterns designed for servicemen.
In the same vein the V&A has some patterns from “Essentials for the Forces”, for British service men and women in WWII.
My 1941 “Lux Book” magazine contains an entire supplement of patterns suitable for [...]
Hmm, that interesting title comes from the description of an article in the latest edition of Knitty about knitting from vintage patterns: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/FEATvintage.html
It’s an interesting read and the author, Kristen Rengren, has a cute vintage shrug pattern on her web site.
