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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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The Spool Cotton Company (publ.)
Pot Holders to the Rescue
Book No. 164
U.S.A., The Spool Cotton Company, 1941, 15 pgs.
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24 pages, including covers. Fanciful crocheted potholders. Square Dance, Apron Strings, Mittens, Pastry Board, Fish Story, Hot Plate Mats, Hot Spots, Sugar Cookie, Sweet, Hot, Three Little Maids, Sugar and Cream, Pettycoat Fever, Midnight Snack, Hot Tamale, Country Tea, Popcorn, Chef, Frying Pans, Kiss the Cook, Up pops the Devil, Humpty Dumpty, Clock, Three Piece Set, Big Top, Merry-Go-Round, and four unnamed pot holders.
Scans donated by Jeanine Harmon, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M906A
Crochet JH
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Patons & Baldwins, Ltd. (publ.)
Supplement to Rugcraft
Autumn 1936
Patons & Baldwins, Ltd.
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Four pages, including covers. Twelve rug designs shown in color thumbnails, an advertisement for the Patwin Rug Wool Cutter, a rotary cutter to cut the wool to uniform predetermined length.
Scans donated by Sarah Hartwell, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-SH002
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M9069
Knotting SH
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Patons & Baldwins, Ltd. (publ.)
Book of Turkey Rugs
237
Patons & Baldwins, Ltd.
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12 pages including covers.No copyright notice or publication date given.
Instructions for knotting wool rugs and finishing the edges and fiver examples of modern rugs, four rectangular and one half round, with their materials listed but no detailed patterns. The patterns shown are not complex and can probably be made with just the images as guideline.
Five crocheted rug designs and instructions for making them, two rectangular, two half round, one oval.
Scans donated by Sarah Hartwell, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M9069
Crochet Knotting SH
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The Spool Cotton Company (publ.)
Home Decoration
Book 76
1936, The Spool Cotton Company
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28 pages softcover including covers. Crochet, filet crochet, and sewing. Chair sets, table cloths and placemats. Pattern elements also suitable for other uses. Original book in deplorable condition, some damage still visible in edited images. Patterns are named Star Bright, Chariot Wheel, Moderne, Sunset, Hexagonal, Davenport Set, Peasant, Flowery, Casement Chair Back, Snow Crystal (looks same as Chariot Wheel), Checker Filet, Grapevine, Queen Anne's Lace, Moderne Mesh, Stained Glass.
Scans donated by Peter Ketels, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M9068
Sewing Crochet Filet crochet PK
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The Spool Cotton Company (publ.)
Bedspreads Book No. 166
To Knit And Crochet
US, Spool Cotton Company, 1941, 32 pgs
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32 pages including covers. Fourteen bedspreads, two knitted, three filet crochet, nine crocheted. Most are constructed from square, hexagonal or round elements. Of course the individual elements can be used for other purposes (think of placemats and pincushions). All made with white or ecru yarn. .Pineapple Popcorn, Traditional, Keepsake (filet crochet), West Wind (knitted), Cockle Shells, Nosegay, Cameo (filet crochet, Irish Melody, Coquette, Golden Age (knitted), Quick Work (filet crochet), Land o' Cotton, Maker of Magic, Dawn o' Day.
Scans donated and edited by Clara Bruning
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M9067
Bedspread Knitlace Knitting Filet crochet Crochet CB
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American Red Cross (publ.)
Woman's Coat Sweater
(or Cardigan Sweater)
American Red Cross (publ.)
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Single sheet, marked ARC 400-13E Rev. Mar. 1941 Code K-19. Printed instructions for a sweater with buttons in front, ending with directions for folding and bundling. Three sizes are given, small, medium, large.
Scans donated by Becky Gillespie, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-BG001
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M9066
Knitting BG
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Cordet, Adeline
Crocheted Gift Novelties
With Complete Instructions
Valley Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo.
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Stapled softcover, 16 pages including covers. Lots of small items suitable for gifts, from aprons, bags, caps and yokes to flower neckties and pincushion covers.
Scans donated by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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M9065
Crochet Filet crochet WS
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J.F. Ingalls (publ.)
Instructions for Patchwork
J.F. Ingalls
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Oblong stapled softcover, 32 pages not including covers. 13 pages contain images of embroidery stitches, some quite clumsily drawn, mostly point russe stitches. Next a few actual examples, Block of Crazy Patchwork, Embroidery of Darning Stitches, Table Scarf (felt with blocks of patchwork at either end and fringed), Borders for Crazy Patchwork, Quilt of Silk Patchwork, Decorated Band for Fancy Work, and then some blocks for the more familiar types of patchwork.
Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M9064
Embroidery Quilting SB
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Modern Handcraft (publ.)
The Workbasket Vol. 11 No. 11 - August 1946
Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit
Modern Handcraft, Kansas City, Mo.
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8 pages, page 4 and 5 combined to one. Crochet: Oval doily. Knitting: Baby sweater with mitts Crocheted weaving: Hot mat. Embroidery stitches. Knitting: Luncheon set. Tatting: Pretty Leaf.
From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder. Transferred to Rijksmuseum Research Library, 2017.
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M9063
Knitting Crochet Tatting SD
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Musee des Familles, Modes Vraies (publ.)
Valance pattern
Musée des Familles, Modes Vraies, rue St Roch, 29
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Single sheet, litho. Valance in cross-stitch, tapisserie or possibly beadwork.
From the collection of La Muse Francaise, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M9062
Beading Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry Embroidery MF
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The Narrow Fabric Co. (publ.)
Nufashond Rick Rack Book
Volume 3
Reading, Penn., The Narrow Fabric Company, 1917, 28 pgs.
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Stapled softcover, 24 pages not including covers. How to use rick rack for decorative edgings, doilies, pin cushions, handkerchiefs, collars, aprons, shawls. Substantial overlap with volume 1. One page with tatting combined with rick rack.
Scans donated by Hope Wright, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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M9061
Crochet Tatting Sewing HW
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Nähfaden-Fabrik vormals Julius Schürer (publ.)
Schürer's Häkel-u. Stickmuster
Gratis-Beilage zu Schürer's Hakelgarn
Nähfaden-Fabrik vormals Julius Schürer, Augsburg
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Stapled oblong booklet, 28 pages including covers. 14 pages of crochet examples, 7 pages of cross-stitch or filet patterns, 5 of whitework embroidery. No text, one is supposed to figure it out from the illustrations. Original printed in turquoise ink on yellowish paper.
From the collection of Folva Miller, donated by her grandson Charles Kite. Edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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I-CL004
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Alphabet Charts Crochet Cross-stitch whitework CL
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