Dear Arachnes, I thought these might be of interest: The digitisation unit at Southampton University has quietly started digitising some 19 th C knitting and netting books. They are popping up in the listing of new online books that U Penn produces but are near impossible to find by browsing from the Soton library; they have some sort of flash browser which is very sluggish and doesnt load properly even on my work computer. Here is the link to the relevant part of the catalogue at U Penn, in case the direct links are added to,
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Fancy %20work and here are links to the PDF files * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51337> The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (fifth edition; Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1842)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00228493.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51341> Mrs. Gaugain's Miniature Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Book (seventh thousand; some pages out of order; Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., ca. 1843)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00376328.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51339> The Lady's Assistant in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (second volume; Edinburgh; I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1842)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00376346.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51335> The Knitters' Friend: Being a Selection of Receipts for the Most Useful and Saleable Articles in Knitting, Netting and Crochet work (second thousand; Edinburgh: J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1846)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394024.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51334> The Accompaniment to Second Volume of Mrs Gaugain's Work on Knitting, Netting and Crochet, Illustrating the Open Patterns and Stitches; To Which are Added Several Elegant and New Receipts (third thousand; Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1845)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394025.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51336> The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain, 1840)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394037.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51338> The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (eighth thousand; Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1845)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394038.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51340> Mrs. Gaugain's Knit Polka Book (Edinburgh: I. J. Gaugain; London: Ackermann and Co., 1847)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00402924.pdf>, by Mrs. Gaugain (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51198> The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book (second edition; London: John Miland, 1838)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00376333.pdf> (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51202> Manual of Knitting, Beautifully Illustrated (first series; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., ca. 1860)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00376341.pdf>, by Cornelia Mee and Mary Austin (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51200> Exercises in Knitting (sixth thousand; London: D. Bogue, 1847)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394019.pdf>, by Cornelia Mee (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51203> Mee's Companion to the Work-Table: Containing Selections in Knitting, Netting and Crochet Work (fifth thousand; London: D. Bogue, 1845)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00394020.pdf>, by Cornelia Mee (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51208> Ladies' Work for Sailors (London: The Missions to Seamen, ca. 1902)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00402916.pdf>, ed. by Miss Warleigh (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51201> First Series of the Knitter's Companion (ninth edition; ca. 1867)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00402925.pdf>, by Cornelia Mee and Mary Austin (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51204> Myra's Knitting Lessons, No. 1: Containing the Rudiments of Knitting, and Various Useful Patterns (London: Myra and Son, 1870)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00402926.pdf>, by Myra (PDF in the UK) * [[Info]] <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp51208> Ladies' Work for Sailors (London: The Missions to Seamen, ca. 1902)<http://pdf.library.soton.ac.uk/WSA_open_access/00402916.pdf>, ed. by Miss Warleigh (PDF in the UK) Regards Louise In mizzly gloomy Cambridge where I have the delight of outdoor practical fire warden training today. 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