This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Alexandria Mills in Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens jumpers and tops.7 1/2d / Sun-glo / Knitting Book / Series 115 / DESIGN No. 3666 / Instructions on Page 6knitting handicrafts - history, alexandria spinning mills pty ltd f.w. hughes pty ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Lincoln Mills in Coburg and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.HANDKNITS / for / Special Fittings / LINCOLN / MODEL No L1113 / 6D / BOOK No 676knitting handicrafts - history, lincoln mills (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Lincoln Mills, Coburg and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.LINCOLN / BOOK No 675 / MODEL No L 1159 / STYLES FOR / OUT OF DOORS / 6Dknitting handicrafts - history, lincoln mills (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Lincoln Mill, Coburg and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Lincoln / BOOK 734 / 1'3knitting handicrafts - history, lincoln mills (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Lincoln Mill, Coburg and contains a pattern for a womans cardigan.Lincoln Trio Knits / LEAFLET No. 45 / 1'6 / THIS PATTERN KNITS 5, 8 & 12 PLY / IN 4 SIZES / LINCOLN KNITTING WOOLS - THE BEST BUY IN ANY PLYknitting handicrafts - history, lincoln mills (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was published by the Villawood Textile Company, Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Villawool / KNITTING BOOK / No. 69 / 1'9 / "NEWS FLASH" See p. 6knitting handicrafts - history, villawood textile company, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Villawood Textile Company of Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens garments. The photographs were taken at an artists studio (Studio 183, Edgecliffe, NSW) by Clive Kane, a photographer with the Max Dupain Studio.BOOK 94 / LADY'S DESIGNS IN / 5 PLY EQUIVALENTS / BY / Villawool / 2'9knitting handicrafts - history, villawood textile company, kane, mr clive, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Villawood Textile Company of Sydney and contains knitting patterns for womens garments. It is the first edition of 'Hand Knits' and is dated Autumn / Winter 1959. This introduction mentions "the continued trend of quick-to-knit casuals, partly attributable to television...", thus the models used are TV personalities and stage actors (Bettina Welch, Pat Firman, Ronald Frazer, Lyle O'Hara, Wilson Irving, Kevin Colson, Del Cartwright) and some of the photography took place in the studios of Channel 7 in Sydney. The photography was by Herbert Brown of the Max Dupain Studios and Ingrid Robinson Pty Ltd provided the slacks and skirts.Hand Knits / by / Villawool / 3'6knitting handicrafts - history, villawood textile company ingrid robinson pty ltd, brown, mr herbert, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Paragon and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.1'3 / Modella / KNITTING BOOK No. 502 / M / A PARAGON PUBLICATIONknitting handicrafts - history, paragon art needlecraft, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Paragon and contains knitting patterns for socks.Paragon / KNITTING BOOK / No. 38 / SOCK BOOK / 1'6knitting handicrafts - history, paragon art needlecraft, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Paragon and contains knitting patterns for clothes for babies and young children.PARAGON BABY BOOK / 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS / No. 2 / 1'3knitting handicrafts - history, paragon art needlecraft, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Sirdar and contains knitting patterns for womens hats.Candytwist / HATS FOR HER / SIRDAR / 2171 / 15 / CENTS / 1'6knitting handicrafts - history, harrap bros. (sirdar wools) ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Sirdar (Australia) and contains knitting patterns for womens evening clothes.SIRDAR / AFTER SIX / 9937 / 40cknitting handicrafts - history, sirdar wools (australia) pty limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. This book was produced by Woolworths and contains knitting patterns for womens bed jackets, under clothes etc.No. 12 "Economy" / KNIT BOOK / BED JACKETS / and UNDERWEAR / including ... / DRESSING GOWNS / BED SOCKS, ETC. / Design No. / 1928 / 6 1/2d.knitting handicrafts - history, woolworths ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. This knitting book contains patterns for womens knitted twin sets.BESTWAY / KNITTING / No. 81 / TWIN SETS / PRICE / 9D. / FOUR SETS / for Adults / ONE SET / for / 10 to 14 / Yearsknitting handicrafts - history, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced for Cleckheaton wool and contains knitting patterns for a jumper and a jacket.Knitting pattern book, 4pp. Cover printed in colour with an oval photo of a man and a woman wearing a chunky, textured knitted jumper in beige (her) and a shawl necked brown jacket with a belt tie (him).No. 106 / Cleckheaton / COUNTRY SPUNknitting handicrafts - history, cleckheaton, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was published by Weldons and contains knitting patterns for vests.FREE INSIDE:- 3 EASY-to-FOLLOW CHARTS for VEST-TOPS / NEW / SERIES / No. 11 / WELDON'S PRACTICAL NEEDLEWORK / 4D. / KNITTED VESTS / for Ladies and Men / FULL DIRECTIONS for making 13 UP-to-DATE VESTSknitting handicrafts - history, weldons ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was published by Lux and contains knitting patterns for mens, womens and childrens garments.The Lux Book / 1951 / NEW / KNITTING DESIGNS / ... at a special price / with 2 packets of / LUXknitting handicrafts - history, lux, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. Stitchcraft was a monthly craft publication containing knitting and embroidery patterns and was controlled by Patons and Baldwins (UK).STITCHCRAFT / No. 266 / PRICE IN / AUSTRALIA / 1'3knitting handicrafts - history embroidery, stitchcraft ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history, embroidery

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. Stitchcraft was controlled by Patons and Baldwins (UK) and was produced monthly with patterns for knitting, embroidery and crochet projects.STITCHCRAFT / No. 269 / PRICE IN / AUSTRALIA / 1'3knitting handicrafts - history embroidery crochet, stitchcraft ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history, embroidery, crochet

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. Stitchcraft was a monthly craft publication containing knitting and embroidery patterns and was controlled by Patons and Baldwins (UK).STITCHCRAFT / No. 274 / PRICE IN / AUSTRALIA / 1'3 / Free / inside / SPECIAL / SUPPLEMENT / OF / Italian / quicknitsknitting handicrafts - history embroidery, stitchcraft ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history, embroidery

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the Australian Women's Weekly and contains knitting patterns. A date of c.1946 is given for this book as although it contains no military references, the first knitting pattern in the book is called 'The Rose of England' and is dedicated to 'the women who have watched and waited'.The Australian / WOMEN'S WEEKLY / Knitting Book / FOR / ADULTS and CHILDREN / Registered in Australia / for transmission by post / as a book. / 1'6knitting handicrafts - history world war ii, australian women's weekly, knitting, handicrafts - history, world war ii

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Styleknit in c.1947 and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Series 47-2 / STYLEKNIT / Price: Sixpence / 7 Garments Knitted in Wool or Cottonknitting handicrafts - history, styleknit, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. Knitcraft (Sydney) produced a regular series of pattern books, as well as one-offs like this. It was edited by Anne Bourne and contains knitting patterns for children's clothes.KNITCRAFT / CHILDREN'S / BOOK / 42 GARMENTS / FOR CHILDREN / 3 TO 14 YEARS / 2'-knitting handicrafts - history, bourne, anne, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It contains knitting patterns for gloves.PRICE 1/- / BOOK 12 / Gale / Pam / Lynne / Carol / Anne / "Charm" / GLOVE BOOKknitting handicrafts - history, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced in the UK by Patricia Roberts, a knitting designer who brought out a range of her own wools and designed patterns using them.PATRICIA ROBERTS / knitting pattern book no. 8 / price 1.85knitting handicrafts - history, patricia roberts knitting, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. This free pattern was given away by K-Mart, the department store, in 1984 when large knitted jumpers were particularly fashionable.The / Wool Collection / FREE / PATTERN / FROM K-MART / Quality always makes its mark. / PURE NEW WOOLknitting handicrafts - history, k-mart, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced and given away by the magazine "Family Circle" in 1983 and contains knitting patterns designed by Jane Shepherd of New Zealand using Shepherd of New Zealand wools.WOOLLY WINNERS . . . / for beginners and dyed in the wool / knitting buffs / Designed by Jane Shepherdknitting handicrafts - history, shepherd of new zealand family circle, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was part of the English magazine "Woman and Home" and contains knitting patterns for mens, womens and babies clothes.Presented with WOMAN AND HOME / Easy-to-Wear KNITTING FOR ALL / In / 4-Ply / In / Double / Knittingknitting handicrafts - history, woman and home, knitting, handicrafts - history

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by the womens magazine "New Idea" in 1950 and contains knitting patterns for gloves, hats, socks etc.Gloves - Socks / and / Accessories / 6D. / A "NEW IDEA" PRODUCTION, No. 26knitting handicrafts - history, the new idea, knitting, handicrafts - history