People Knitting

A Century of Photographs

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions, Portraits, History
Cover of the book People Knitting by Barbara Levine, Paige Ramey, Princeton Architectural Press
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Author: Barbara Levine, Paige Ramey ISBN: 9781616895402
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press Language: English
Author: Barbara Levine, Paige Ramey
ISBN: 9781616895402
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press
Language: English

People Knitting is a charming tribute in vintage photographs and printed ephemera to the ever-popular, often all-consuming, craft of knitting. When women posed with their knitting in the earliest nineteenth-century photographs, it demonstrated their virtue and skill as homemakers. Later, knitting became fashionable among the wealthy as a sign of culture and artistic ability. During the two world wars, images of nurses, soldiers, prisoners, and even knitting clubs composed of very serious small boys—all with heads bent down, intent on knitting items (especially socks) for the troops—abounded. In the 1950s and 1960s, as snapshots became ubiquitous, knitters took on a jauntier air, posing with handiwork held proudly aloft. People Knitting is a quirky and fascinating gift for the knitter in your life.

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People Knitting is a charming tribute in vintage photographs and printed ephemera to the ever-popular, often all-consuming, craft of knitting. When women posed with their knitting in the earliest nineteenth-century photographs, it demonstrated their virtue and skill as homemakers. Later, knitting became fashionable among the wealthy as a sign of culture and artistic ability. During the two world wars, images of nurses, soldiers, prisoners, and even knitting clubs composed of very serious small boys—all with heads bent down, intent on knitting items (especially socks) for the troops—abounded. In the 1950s and 1960s, as snapshots became ubiquitous, knitters took on a jauntier air, posing with handiwork held proudly aloft. People Knitting is a quirky and fascinating gift for the knitter in your life.

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