"Winding, warping and weaving: mill practice and management" - W Barker, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 1"Winding, warping and weaving: mill practice and management" - W Barker, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 1textile industry - education textile fibres weaving textile machinery, textile manufacturer, winding, warping, dressing, dyeing, textile industry - education, textile fibres, weaving, textile machinery

"Practical warp gaiting"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 7"Practical warp gaiting"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 7textile industry - education textile machinery, textile manufacturer, warping, weaving looms, textile industry - education, textile machinery

"Negative dobby shedding motions"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 10"Negative dobby shedding motions"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 10.textile industry - education textile machinery, textile manufacturer, weaving machinery, weaving looms, textile industry - education, textile machinery

Design book of Fred Murgatroyd whilst he was a weaving/textiles student at the University of Leeds.Design book of a weaving/textiles student at the University of Leeds. Design book of a weaving/textiles student at the University of Leeds.The University of Leeds Textile Industries Department Designing & Weaving C Scott F. Murgatroyd Stenhouse 1928textile industry - education textile design textile mills, university of leeds, beaumont, professor - university of leeds murgatroyd, mr fred, textile industry - education, textile design, textile mills

An education kit on the subject of production of a woollen blanket from a fleece. Produced by the Australian Wool Corporation in conjunction with the Victorian Education Department.textile industry - education textile production, textile industry - education, textile production

"Instruction Paper No.486: Woolen and worsted cam-looms.." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.486: Woolen and worsted cam-looms.." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving looms, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.5770: Quilling 1st Ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.5770: Quilling 1st Ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.various calculationsweaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, quilling, winding, winding machinery, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.484: Woolen and worsted cloth calculations, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.484: Woolen and worsted cloth calculations, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile calculations textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving, textile machinery, textile calculations, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.841B :Drum and pirn winding frames, part 2, 1st Ed. - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.Forty page booklet with pale blue soft cover, featuring printed dark blue ink.weaving textile machinery yarn production textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, winding, winding machinery, weaving, textile machinery, yarn production, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.485B: Woolen and Worsted Warp Preparation part 2, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd, 1926."Instruction Paper No.485B: Woolen and Worsted Warp Preparation part 2, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd, 1926.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, dressing, beaming, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.513: Pile Weaves, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.513: Pile Weaves, 1st Ed." - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile design textile production textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, corduroy, carpet, velvet, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile design, textile production, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.485A: Woolen and worsted warp preparation Part 1, 1st ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.485A: Woolen and worsted warp preparation Part 1, 1st ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving looms, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

Instruction Paper No.490: Woolen and worsted loom fixing, 1st ed, 1925Instruction Paper No.490: Woolen and worsted loom fixing, 1st ed, 1925weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving looms, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.487B: Woolen and worsted fancy looms, part 2, 1st ed - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.487B: Woolen and worsted fancy looms, part 2, 1st ed - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving looms, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.487A: Woolen and worsted fancy looms, part 1, 1st ed - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.487A: Woolen and worsted fancy looms, part 1, 1st ed - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.weaving textile machinery textile industry - history textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, cloth - woollen, cloth - worsted, weaving looms, weaving, textile machinery, textile industry - history, textile industry - education

"Instruction Paper No.5279: Control of materials, 1st ed - Dexter S Kimball Jr, for International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.5279: Control of materials, 1st ed - Dexter S Kimball Jr, for International Correspondence Schools Ltd.textile industry - history textile mills - management textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd, textile industry - history, textile mills - management, textile industry - education

"Practical tackling of the plain and fancy loom" James Culpan, 1920."Practical tackling of the plain and fancy loom" James Culpan, 1920.textile industry - history textile machinery weaving textile industry - education, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile industry - history, textile machinery, weaving, textile industry - education

"Erecting, overhauling and fixing looms"- Frank D Herring"Erecting, overhauling and fixing looms"- Frank D Herring.textile industry - history textile machinery weaving textile industry - education, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile industry - history, textile machinery, weaving, textile industry - education

"Tuner's Handbook: the Hattersley "Standard Model" loom"-George Hattersley and Sons LtdBook,42pp. Dark blue soft cover, printed black ink.textile industry - history textile machinery weaving textile industry - education, george hattersley and sons ltd, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile industry - history, textile machinery, weaving, textile industry - education

This handbook contains the setting instructions for a Standard Hattersley Loom developed by George Hattersley and Sons Ltd. The Hattersley loom was developed by George Hattersley and Sons of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The company had been started by Richard Hattersley after 1784, with his son, George Hattersley, later entering the business alongside him. The company developed several innovative looms, of which the Hattersley Standard Loom – developed in 1921 – was a great success. The Hattersley Standard Loom was designed and built in 1921. Thousands of models were expected to be sold, which would bring considerable financial success to the company. After the recapitalisation boom of 1919, cotton yarn production peaked in 1926 and further investment was sparse. Rayon, an artificial silk, was invented in the 1930s in nearby Silsden, and the Hattersley Silk Loom was adapted to weave this new fabric. An example of this type of loom can be seen on Vic Collections here ( https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/54065d0f9821f50e3cc9c122 ) and is also on display within the National Wool Museum in Geelong, Victoria. A copy of this manual may be available by contacting the National Wool Museum Collection Team. Book, 64pp. Red and black loose leaf, soft cover, printed black ink. "[Hattersley] Standard Loom Tuners Handbook: Setting instructions " - George Hattersley and Sons LtdTHE BRUCE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING CO LTDtextile industry - history textile machinery weaving textile industry - education, george hattersley and sons ltd, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile industry - history, textile machinery, weaving, textile industry - education

Cloth sample book: "City & Guilds Exams 1914-1915 Patterns" has 35 grey and black cloth samples (1 space is blank). Pages entitled: "Range 1 & 2 Tropical Suitings" (5 samples); "Ranges 3 & 4 Suitings" (6 samples); "Range 5 Suitings" (3 samples)/ "Range 6 Vestings" (3 samples); "Range 7 & 8 Vestings" (7 samples); "Ranges 9 & 10 Trouserings" (5 samples); "Ranges 11 & 12 Trouserings" (6 samples);City & Guilds Exams 1914-1915 Patterns (ink)weaving textile industry textile design textile industry - education, weaving, textile industry, textile design, textile industry - education

Kathryn Knitwear, founded by Robert Blake, manufactured high quality children’s knitwear in Melbourne from the 1940s – 1980s. Robert Blake began manufacturing children’s knitwear in his bedroom in Strathmore using a hand powered machine in the late 1940s. The operation moved to Ascot Vale and Essendon, before eventually establishing a factory in Moonee Ponds in the early 1950s. The business continued to expand, necessitating a move to a new factory in Broadmeadows. By 1962, the Broadmeadows factory was producing an average of 20,000 garments per month, which increased to 24,000 by 1964. Robert Blake’s Son, Brendan recalls that “The Kathryn brand was famous around Australia, anywhere children needed to keep warm and dress smartly. It also won a number of wool fashion awards”, including the 1969 Wool Awards, which was held by the Australian Wool Bureau and published in Women’s Weekly. The Kathryn range was designed for durability, comfort and care, without sacrificing style. They used patterning techniques that increase stretchiness, comfort and fit, as well as integrating decorative elements into the fabric to prevent them from being bulky, uncomfortable or tight. Making longevity of style a priority, Brendan Blake remembers that “there was one particular garment that was in the range for at least thirty years”. He also recalls “In the past, when women have found out that I was associated with Kathryn Knitwear, they would often relate to me the story of a garment they had purchased or received as a gift and, when their child had grown out of it, they would hand it on to another child. Several ladies have told me of purchasing garments for their daughters’ glory box, or saving a particular garment after their daughter had grown out of it. Brendan Blake: “At the peak of their operation they employed approximately two hundred people, mainly women and girls. A family would often seek to send their daughter to work in this company because they knew they would be looked after and safe. One lady wrote to me telling me that working at the Moonee Ponds Factory prior to getting married was the happiest time of her life.” In 1963, workers at the Kathryn factory earned £13 per week, which was 8 shillings and 8 pence higher than the minimum weekly wage for female workers in the textile manufacturing industry (£12 11s 4d). By 1970, the Kathryn Knitwear brand expanded from children’s knitwear into womenswear under the brand name ‘Lady Kathryn’, and for boys and men under ‘Robert Blake’. Continuing to diversify their distribution, they also began exporting ‘Kathryn’ garments to New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Japan. ‘Kathryn Knitwear’ was well-known for their early adoption of modern materials and techniques that had broad appeal to their customer base. This is shown in their early use of the acrylic fibre ‘Orlon’ in the 50s and 60s and ‘Superwash’ wool in the 1970s. Many of Kathryn Knitwear’s styles, particularly those that were long running staples of the brand, were available in both wool and Orlon to suit the consumer’s preference. Far from the humble origins of one man in his bedroom with a hand-cranked machine; at its closure in 1980, the Broadmeadows factory of ‘Kathryn’ housed more than 100 machines, including 53 sewing machines and 45 knitting machines. Robert Blake was “a passionate advocate for wool and Australian Made” throughout his whole life. A strong thread that ties through the lifespan of Robert Blake and Kathryn Knitwear is a balance between adopting new innovations without sacrificing the core values of durability, comfort, care and style that had made the brand so well known. Their legacy forms an integral part of both Australian social and manufacturing history.Typewritten letter in black ink on cream paper, with a hole punched in the upper left hand corner. Letter has initially been printed as a form with dotted lines, that have later been printed over.MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF TEXTILES 35.1288 23-35 Cumberland Road, PASCOE VALE, W.8. 20TH March, 1964 Messrs. Robert Blake Pty. Ltd., 6 Hall Street, MOONEE PONDS. Dear Sir Re: …. THOMSON N. …. The abovenames student, a member of your organization, has been absent from the following classes: Thursday / 19/3/64 / Certificate Course We are very keen for these classes to be a success, and would be obliged if you to see that he attends regularly in future. Yours faithfully, MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF TEXTILES. [SIGNATURE] O. C. RIEGULHUTH, ACTING PRINCIPAL.business, business history, manufacturing, knitting machine, fashion textile production, business archives, manufacturing documents, textile education, melbourne school of textiles, vocational training, training, education, school

"Instruction Paper No.110: Reading Working Drawings 3rd ed"- International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Paper No.110: Reading Working Drawings 3rd ed"- International Correspondence Schools Ltd.textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd

"Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 1, 19A, 3rd ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 1, 19A, 3rd ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd

"Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 2, 19B, 4th ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd."Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 2, 19B, 4th ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd

"Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 3, 19C, 3rd ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.Booklet, 79pp. Soft cover, pale blue and printed black ink. "Instruction Manual: Book-keeping part 3, 19C, 3rd ed" - International Correspondence Schools Ltd.textile industry - education, international correspondence schools ltd