Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns

Häftad bok. Dover Publications. Reprint uppl. 1972. 320 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. This book contains the fruits of centuries of experience and invention in knitting, and is the best single manual of knitting patterns ever written. With over 300 illustrations. Index of textures and general index. Text in English. Paperbound. 8:o. 215x135x18 mm. 370 g. Omslag med några mjuka veck, stött övre hörn (inkluderar spår å sidor), fin i övrigt, ej ägarnamn. [6403] /---/ Unaltered republication of the original (1943) edition. Over 300 illustrations. Key chart for decreases. Lists of abbreviations and of illustrations, and glossaries of French and German terms. /---/ Mary Thomas (née Hedger) was an English writer about embroidery, who published mainly in the 1930's and early 1940's. She was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (England). She went to New York in 1911 with the aim of becoming a fashion journalist. In 1922 Mary Thomas joined The Gentlewoman Magazine and went on to become the editor of The Needlewoman, a popular English needlework magazine. In 1934 it was taken over by J&P Coats Ltd (Paisley, Scotland) and in the same year Coats signed an agreement with Leach’s Publications Ltd., selling the magazine. Leach’s went on to merge The Needlewoman with its own The Needlecraft Practical Journal. Mary Thomas appears to have resigned at this point and then started to write books about embroidery and decorative needlework in general. Her publications include: Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1934), London: Hodder and Stroughton. Mary Thomas’s Embroidery Book (1936), London: Hodder and Stroughton. Mary Thomas’s Knitting Book (1938), London: Hodder and Stroughton. Teach Yourself Embroidery (1939), Mary Thomas’s Book of Knitting Patterns (1943), London: Hodder and Stroughton. London: Hodder and Stroughton - unabridged, unaltered replication 1972. In 1998, Mary Thomas’s Book on Embroidery was revised and updated (but in fact turned into a very different book) by Jan Eaton.