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 boysmdash;all with heads bent down; intent on knitting items (especially socks) for the troopsmdash;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.
#478096 in eBooks 2016-07-20 2016-07-20File Name: B01K4N4ZOY
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