The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand

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This is an engaging history of a subject never before explored but familiar to many New Zealanders. Knitting came to New Zealand with the missionaries, and Heather Nicholson constantly reminds us of the ancient European history of the craft. But her main focus is on a chronological picture of antipodean knitting which is also a history of the domestic lives of women, of their resourcefulness, their talent, their sociability. She follows the growth of pattern books, the role of knitting for the troops in two world...
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This is an engaging history of a subject never before explored but familiar to many New Zealanders. Knitting came to New Zealand with the missionaries, and Heather Nicholson constantly reminds us of the ancient European history of the craft. But her main focus is on a chronological picture of antipodean knitting which is also a history of the domestic lives of women, of their resourcefulness, their talent, their sociability. She follows the growth of pattern books, the role of knitting for the troops in two world wars, knitting in the Depression and the recent interest in art knitting. She also explores the different items produced by the skilled knitter, from jerseys and guernseys, to counterpanes, socks and stockings and the scarf that stretched right round Parliament Buildings.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781869401887
  • Publisher: Auckland University Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/1998
  • Edition description: ILLUSTRATE
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 7.58 (w) x 9.98 (h) x 0.81 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Status of Knitting 1
1 The Historical Background 11
2 Missionaries and Settlers 23
3 Reading the Recipes 45
4 Soldiers, Sailors and Sportsmen 53
5 Cardigans and Corsets 69
6 Warm Socks from Warm Hearts 77
7 Knitting Between the Wars 93
8 Another War and More Khaki Socks 117
9 Shortages, Rations and Greasy Jerseys 133
10 Fashion, Business and Money 153
11 Making and Selling Yarn 177
12 Pattern Books and Leaflets 197
13 The Good Life 211
14 Learning and Teaching 227
15 Knitting for Love and Glory 235
16 Protest and Politics 255
17 Real Men Do Knit 265
A Last Word 274
Glossary 276
Select bibliography 284
Notes 288
Index 303
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