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articles
Appletons' Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics
Knitting Machinery, ---. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, 1889, 5 pages. Posted October 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 840 KB PDF
Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexicon
Wirkmaschine [Hosiery Machine], ---. Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexicon , 1903, 6 pages. Posted October 14, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club
La Bonneterie au Moyen-Age [Cap-making in the Middle Ages], Dubuisson, Marguerite. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 52 (1969), 12 pages. Posted October 24, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Brocades of Banaras, Norwick, Braham. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 63 (1980), 15 pages. Posted December 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
Knitting Craft in Europe from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth Century, Turnau, Irena. The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club, Vol. 65 (1982), 23 pages. Posted December 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.2 MB PDF
Cosmopolitan
Distribution of Knit-Goods Factories, ---. Cosmopolitan, 1904, 2 pages. Posted July 2, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
Knitting, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed., 1911, 1 page. Posted September 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF
Great Industries of the United States
Knitting Machines, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 8 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Handicrafter
Knitted Suit of Glow Crinkle Yarn, ---. Handicrafter, Vol. 4, No. 5 (1932), 2 pages. Posted April 8, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Lace Sweater in Glow Crinkle, ---. Handicrafter, Vol. 4, No. 5 (1932), 2 pages. Posted April 8, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF
Three-Piece Boucle Suit, ---. Handicrafter, Vol. 4, No. 5 (1932), 3 pages. Posted April 8, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences
Textile Machinery, ---. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences, 1885, 62 pages. Posted July 10, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7.6 MB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
[Knitting], ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Note: Collected short articles. Posted August 7, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 480 KB PDF
Knitting-Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 5 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 916 KB PDF
Knitting-Machine Needle, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 2 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF
Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary
Cardigan-Jacket Machine, ---. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary, 1884, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Ladies' Home Journal
Knitting and Crocheting for Children, Gray, Phoebe. Ladies' Home Journal, 1898, 1 page. Posted September 2, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 764 KB PDF
Melliand
Manufacture of Fashioned Knit Goods, Aberle, Karl. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 9 (December 1930), 3 pages. Posted August 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 632 KB PDF
Manufacture of Fashioned Knit Goods, Part 1, Aberle, Karl. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 7 (October 1930), 6 pages. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984 KB PDF
Quality Knitting of Hosiery, Berg, M. G. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 9 (December 1930), 7 pages. Posted August 19, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 764 KB PDF
Combined Knitting and Weaving Loom, Garten, Bruno. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 10 (January 1930), 2 pages. Posted August 20, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF
The Silk Stocking an Inventor's Fate, Karmel, Franz. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1929), 2 pages. Posted July 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 580 KB PDF
Knit Goods Management Based on Visible Facts, Szepesi, Eugene. The Melliand, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1929), 8 pages. Posted July 20, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 KB PDF
Proposed Standardization of Terms Used in the Warp Knitting Industry, Worm, J. The Melliand, Vol. 2, No. 7 (October 1930), 5 pages. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 692 KB PDF
Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports]
Höchstleistung durch Schnelläufermaschinen in der Wirkerei un Strickerei [Maximum Output fromHigh-Speed Knitting Machines], Aberle, Carl. Melliand's Textilberichte [Melliand's Textile Reports], 1927, 2 pages. Posted July 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 824 KB PDF
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
Stickmaschine [Knitting Machine], ---. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1897, 3 pages. Posted July 18, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 696 KB PDF
Needlecraft Magazine
Knitted Laces, Hilt, Lillius. Needlecraft, Vol. XI No. 1 (September 1919), 2 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Comb. Posted September 3, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 917 Kb PDF
Pretty Designs in Knitted Lace, Hilt, Lillius and L. C. Gregory. Needlecraft Magazine , November 1912, 1 page. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted July 7, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.90 MB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Knitting, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 3 pages. Posted February 14, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 604 KB PDF
Nouveau Larousse Illustré
Tricot [Knitting], ---. Nouveau Larousse Illustré, 1904, 1 page. Posted August 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF
Ottuv Slovnik Naucný [Scientific Dictionary]
Pleteni [Knitting], ---. Ottuv Slovník Naucný [Scientific Dictionary], 1897, 14 pages. Posted August 21, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF
Posselt's Textile Journal
Novelty in Mottled, Crinkles Knit Fabrics, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1915, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 207 KB PDF
Bleaching, Dyeing and Finishing of Knit Goods, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 5 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 948 KB PDF
Knitting: -- Processes and Machinery, Part 1, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 5 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 868 KB PDF
Knitting: -- Processes and Machinery, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 3 pages. Posted February 15, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 796 KB PDF
Knitting: -- Processes and Machinery, Part 2, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1907, 3 pages. Posted February 17, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF
Rea's Far Eastern Manual
Knitting Mills, Hosiery and Underwear Factories, ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 5 pages. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 996 KB PDF
Scientific American
Improvement in Knitting Looms, ---. Scientific American, Vol. 4, No. 50 (1849), 1 page. Posted March 6, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 660 KB PDF
Textiles
Knitting Department, ---. Textiles, Vol. 15, 3 pages. Posted December 18, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.1 MB PDF
Knitting Department, Chamberlain, John. Textiles, July 1919, 2 pages. Note: Regular feature that probably started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 620 KB PDF
Knitting Department, Chamberlain, John. Textiles, August 1919, 3 pages. Note: Regular feature that probably started in an earlier volume. Part numbering is relative. Posted August 1, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 840 KB PDF
United States Democratic Review
The Ladies Complete Guide to Crochet, Fancy Knitting and Needlework, ---. United States Democratic Review, 1 page. Note: Review. Posted October 1, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF
Weaver
Unusual Knitting Bags on Opposites, Hickman, Elmer Wallace. Weaver, Vol. 1 No. 2 (March 1936), 4 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 513 KB PDF
Workers of the Nation
Hosiery and Knit Goods, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 2 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
Woman's World
Some Irish Industries : II.--The Knitters of the Rosses, Roberts, Dorothea. Woman's World, Vol. 3 (1890), 6 pages. Posted October 24, 2003. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF
Zell's Encyclopedia
Knitting, ---. Zell's Encyclopedia, 1876, 1 page. Posted April 23, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
books
---. Catalogue of the Collections in the Science Museum South Kensington, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921, 78 pages. Note: scanned images provided by Stacey Harvey-Brown. Posted April 18, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.7 MB PDF
---. Cyclopedia of Textile Work, Vol. 5: Knitting, Knit goods, Finishing, American Technical Society, 1906, 388 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 12.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 7.6 MB PDF.
---. Ladies' Guide in Needlework, W. A. Leary & Co., 1850, 193 pages. Note: Scanned from microfiche. Posted June 22, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.3 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 9.2MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.3 MB PDF.
Chamberlain, John and James Henry Quilter. Knitted Fabrics, Pitman, 178 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted August 3, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 9.6 MB PDF
Koch, Alexander. Stickereien und Spitzen [Embroideries and Laces], 204 pages. Posted March 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.6 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 5.1 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 10.8 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 14 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 11.3 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 13.4 MB PDF.
Nicoll, Maud Churchill. Knitting and Sewing. How to Make Seventy Useful Articles for Men in the Army and Navy, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1918, 209 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. . Posted June 18, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 11.3 MB PDF
Posselt, E. A. Textile Machinery Part 3: Wool, Cotton, Silk from Fibre to Fabric, E. A. Posselt, 1905, 473 pages. Note: Volume IX in Posselt's Textile Library. Posted November 27, 2001. CD (CWDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 6.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 7.2 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 8.6 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 7.1 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 7.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 8.0 MB PDF. Part 9: File size 7.0 MB PDF. Part 10: File size 6.4 MB PDF.
Whiting, Olive. Khaki Knitting Book, Allies Special Aid, 1917, 58 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 11, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 3.5 MB PDF
ephemera
Textile-related businesses
Auto Knitter Hosiery Co,. Advertisement, 1925, 1 page. Posted June 22, 2004. File size 592 KB PDF
Gearhart Knitting Machine Co. Advertisement, 2 pages. Posted January 24, 2004. File size 212 KB PDF
illustrations
---. [Knitting Machines], The Book of the Fair, 1893, 1 page. Posted January 21, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
---. Lamb's Knitting Machine, Harper's New Monthly, Vol. 50 (1875), 1 page. Posted January 2, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
---. Miracle in the Training of Blinded and Maimed Soldiers in France, The Graphic, August 2, 1919, 1 page. Note: Double-page spread rotated 90 degrees and reduced to 50% to fit on page. Posted March 9, 2004. CD (HWDA08). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF
---. Variety and Quantity of Knitwear Have Increased, China Pictorial, 1975, No. 11, 1 page. Note: Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region. Posted September 25, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF
monographs
---. Priscilla Cotton Knitting Book, Priscilla Publishing Co., 51 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted November 24, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.8 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 10 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.1 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 14 MB PDF.
---. Treatise on Lace Making, Embroidery and Needle Work, Barbour Brothers, 1891, 93 pages. Posted July 7, 2003. CD (LDA02). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.2 MB PDF
Philiatros. Natura Exenterata: or Nature Unbowelled, H. Twiford, 1655, 20 pages. Note: Relevant appendices only. Posted May 4, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.1 MB PDF
patents
Knitting equipment
Automatic Knitting Machine, US00552806, Williams, L. N. D. and H. Swinglehurst. January 7, 1896, 25 pages. Posted September 13, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF
Knitting Machine, US00092995, Osborne, G.. July 27, 1869, 2 pages. Posted September 12, 2004. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF
Fabrics
Warp-Knitted Fabric, US02691286, Cooper, G. N.. October 12, 1954, 3 pages. Posted August 20, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 632 KB PDF
Warp-Knitted Fabric, US04074543, Schmidt, Frederick O. G.. February 21, 1978, 12 pages. Posted August 20, 2002. CD (HWDA10). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 812 KB PDF
other
Poetry
Crowley, Jenny June. A Stocking in Rhyme, A. L. Burt, 1885, 1 page. Note: Scanned image provided by Tess Parrish. Posted June 12, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 592 KB PDF
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