Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Eighteenth-century needlework newsletters inspire this anthology of favorite Victorian era knitting and crochet projects that include instructions for creating an assortment of doilies, household items, knitted socks, waistcoats (vests) and white-on-white Mountmellick embroidery, drawn-thread work, and smocking projects.

This collection of premiere needlework newsletters from turn-of-the-century England includes exact reproductions of hundreds of Victorian patterns to stitch, knit, and crochet. It offers instructions for working monograms into stockings and gloves and features knitting patterns primarily for babies, toddlers, and dolls. Crochet patterns include clothing items such as caps, capes, and booties. Several crochet lace borders for embellishing linens are also included. Bulgarian and Hungarian embroidery techniques show how to produce stylized floral motifs common to each ethnic needlework tradition. Techniques and instructions for making church decorations such as Mountmellick embroidery and crinkled paper are also included.

Knitted socks, a crocheted vest, a beaded archway curtain, and lace collars are among the more than 140 projects included in this knitting and crocheting idea book for bent iron.

PieceWork magazine brings you Victorian needlework at its finest with these special compilations of Weldon's Practical Needlework. In this volume you'll find lovely crocheted edgings, designs for Mountmellick embroidery, and some innovative knitted seed-bead trims, along with patterns that explain why women then were prone to fainting spells; also see a barrister's wig in puffed knitting, an alarming Bulgarian headdress, and a bag for holding lemons. Patterns are exact replicas of the premier needlework magazine from turn-of-the-century England. Each volume is filled with hundreds of vintage projects, illustrations, information on little-known techniques, fashion as it was in the late 1800s and brief histories of needlework.