Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
- ISBN-10
- 1610602498
- ISBN-13
- 9781610602495
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-13
- Publisher
- Voyageur Press
- Author
- Susan Strawn
Description
“Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology.” —Melanie Falick This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.
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- 2007-10-15
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- Voyageur Press
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- 2011-05-13
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- Voyageur Press (MN)
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