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This ongoing project is an effort to scan craft pattern publications that are in the public domain,
to preserve them, so we can keep our craft heritages in our hands. Most of these scans have been graphically
edited to make the images easier for craft workers to see, and to reduce file sizes. They are available,
for free, to anyone who wants them, for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses.
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Turkish Tapestry Pattern
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Small square pattern (99x99 stitches) reconstructed from the tapestry on the loom model (M-YS001). Center part filled in as best fit.
Charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-YS002
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M4215
Embroidery Tapestry Beading Charted Cross-stitch SW
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Turkish Tapestry Loom Model
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Small model of a tapestry loom, probably made for the tourist trade or as advertisment item. It has a seating bench in the front, two lease sticks, and a bar that holds balls of wool in the required colors, as well as part of a tapestry. The tensioning mechanism is made of metal and consists of a ring around the cloth beam, a spike through the warp beam and a metal rod with a tightening screw halfway.
Images donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M4214
Weaving Tapestry SW
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Coats & Clark's (publ.)
Crochet Money-Makers for your Bazaar
Book No. 278
1951, The Spool Cotton Company, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York 22, New York
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12 pages including covers. " ... the items in this book are just the things to appeal to bazaar-buyers ... and they cost so little to make that a selling price of a dollar will bring a pretty profit.". Crochet, Brother and Sister Dolls, Sewing Susan (pincushion with spool holders), Checkerboard Apron, Television Slippers, Johnny-on-the-Spot doll, handkerchiefs, Jiffy Doily, washcloths, Shoe Tree Mitts, Tank Cover and Towel Set, Kitchen Judy (spoon and fork holder).
Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-SB002
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M4213
Crochet Dolls Doilies SB
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T.E. Parker
Knitting and Crocheting
1885 Brown, Durrell & Co, .Boston, Mass.
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Small book, 8 pages of advertisements , 16 pages of knitting and crochet patterns, followed by another 8 pages of advertisements and example pages of other books. Knitting: Shoulder shawl, Child's knit leggings, Lady's fancy wrister, Lady's mitten, Child's skirt, Infant's Shetland wool vest. Crochet: Boy's crocheted skull cap, Crocheted opera cape or lawn tennis wrap, Child's carriage shell afghan, Lady's worsted shoe, Crochet afghan or carriage blanket.
From the collection of Tina Kaczanowski, scanned by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-TK001
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M4212
Knitting Crochet TK
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6634
Three ladybugs on green leaves
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Small fragment of a handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern probably containing multiple small motifs. This one shows three ladybugs each on its own green leaf.
Image donated by an ebay seller who would prefer to be anonymous, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-TH001
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M4211
Embroidery BerlinWork Charted Cross-stitch Beading Tapestry TH
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Dalkeith, Lena
Aesop's Fables
With Pictures by S.R. Praeger
[1910] T.C. & E.C. Jack, London. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York.
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Small hardcover, 47 pages, illustrated with 24 plates including the frontispiece, by Sophia Rosamond Praeger. Simple short stories, 47 fables so one per page on average. From the series Told to the Children. Probably from 1910 although earlier editions exist. Blank pages omitted. Four pages of advertisements at the end.
From the estate of Frans Wijnsma, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-FW001
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M4210
Illustration FW
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