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Namebook Exercises in Knitting
Author Cornelia MEE
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Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At this time, published knitting "receipts" did not contain abbreviations and were laborious to use. They were, however, rich in error!

Later in her career, due to circumstances of war and the resulting social stress and poverty, many of her knitting books were printed for ladies' charitable societies, which used her knitting "receipts" to clothe the poor mill workers who were out of work due to the American Civil War and the embargo of cotton.

In addition to recording the original patterns, LibriVox knitters have also knitted samples of these patterns, displayed at the KnitWiki, and have attempted to condense and clarify the patterns for the enjoyment of modern day knitters. (Summary by Brenda Price)

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Chair Cover 1 - German Pattern of Open Double Knitting, both Sides alikeChair Cover 2 - Nun's PatternChair Cover 3 - Viennoise PatternChair Cover 4 - Beautiful Coral PatternChair Cover 5 - Beautiful Diamond PatternChair Cover 6 - Pretty Feather PatternChair Cover 7 - Rose-Leaf PatternChair Cover 8 - Pretty Spider-Net Pattern, with Open Work betweenChair Cover 9 - Shield Pattern, surrounded with Open WorkChair Cover 10 - Canvass PatternChair Cover 11 - Leaf PatternChair Cover 12 - Another Leaf PatternNarrow Vandyke EdgingFor a Baby's Hood—very prettyVery Pretty Pattern for a Fish ServietteTwo pretty Fringes for Chair Covers, &cNew Pattern for Lace EdgingSugar-Plum StitchLeaf Pattern for Half-Square ShawlBaby's Shoe and StockingShell Pattern for a Baby's CapFor a Knitted BodicePretty Open PatternShell Knitting for a Bag, in German WoolPretty Pattern for Basket ServiettesOriental Mat, or Hookah CarpetVery elegant Knitted PelisseHalf Cap for Wearing under a BonnetFor a MuffA Swiss Pattern for the Top of a Mitten or MuffateeBeautiful Pattern for a Shetland ShawlFor a ComforterFor Another ComforterRaised Knitting, a kind of Bell Pattern, for a CounterpaneFor a Knitted PenwiperBeautiful Pattern for a ScarfTwisted KnittingA Pretty Pattern for a Baby's ShoePretty Open Diamond BorderHoneycomb CuffsFan-Pattern Knitting for a MittenCorkscrew MuffateesGentlemen's Cuffs: an Excellent PatternReceipt for a StockingFor a BriocheVery Pretty Vandyke BorderFor Children's GaitersFor an Under SpencerNetted ShawlAnother Pretty Pattern for a Knit PurseFor a Knitted CollarPretty Feather-Pattern for the Border of a ShawlOpen Diamond Pattern for the Centre of a ShawlFan Pattern

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