Patterns to Inspire
Pattern leaflets featured in the talk by Barbara Smith at the Guild Unconvention 2021.
Pixie Hood and Gloves with Fair Isle Bands
Weldons leaflets, 1930s-40s
A catalogue of about 50 pattern leaflets from the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Patons 214 – Big Sizes 2
A booklet of 12 patterns for women and men in bust or chest sizes 40-50 in. (102-127 cm.). Published in 1978.
Aunt Kate’s Knitting & Crochet Guide
A free booklet from 'The People's Friend' magazine, about 1925. See the 'PRE-1950 MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENTS' page for similar booklets.
Unwanted Knitting Machines
Do you have a knitting machine to dispose of? You could either sell it or donate it to charity. Whichever you decide, it should be as complete as possible and…
Free Patterns
Free Patterns Following the merger of the Guild of Machine Knitters with the Knitting & Crochet Guild (in May 2019), Jane Harrisson and Lidia Higson kindly agreed that these patterns…
Using Your Knitting Machine
Each make and model of knitting machine works in a slightly different way, although patterns written for one can be used by another relatively easily in most cases. This means…
History of machine knitting
The history of machine knitting begins in 1589, in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, long before the steam-powered industrial revolution got underway. The knitting frames devised by William Lee…
Punchcards and patterncards
Sometimes (as in the example below), the pattern on the punchcard or patterncard visually resembles the stitch pattern you will see when you use it. In other cases, there appears…
About knitting machines
The information below is intended to give a brief overview of how a knitting machine works, and what it can typically do. It is not intended to replace the instruction…
