The bound annual volumes of Weldon’s famous penny needlework series, gathering practical instructions for knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more into a vast working library. Prized today by historians of textiles, they preserve the everyday decorative crafts of the Victorian and Edwardian household.
Sources for Weldon & Co. — Weldon’s Practical Needlework
Weldon & Co. — Weldon’s Practical Needlework in Handicraft
Held in the Handicraft chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Thérèse de Dillmont — Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886)
- Edward Johnston — Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering (1906)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The Art of Knitting (1892)
- Jane Gaugain — The Lady’s Assistant for Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (1842)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The New Dressmaker (1921)
- Miss Lambert — My Crochet Sampler (1844)
- Miss Lambert — My Knitting Book (Second Series) (1847)
- Belle Robinson — The Priscilla Crochet Book: Centerpieces and Doilies (1915)
- Annie E. Myers — Home Dressmaking (1892)
- Federico Vinciolo — Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts (1587)
- Cesare Vecellio — Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne (1591)