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Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
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Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art Paperback - 2011

by Foreword by Melanie Falick; Susan M. Strawn


From the publisher

"Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology." --Melanie FalickThis is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.

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  • Title Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
  • Author Foreword by Melanie Falick; Susan M. Strawn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Voyageur Press (MN)
  • Date 2011-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780760340110 / 0760340110
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.86 x 9.28 x 0.58 in (27.58 x 23.57 x 1.47 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Knitting - United States - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 746.432

About the author

Knitter, writer, and illustrator Susan Strawn has a Ph.D. in Textiles and Clothing from Iowa State University. A regular contributor to Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, and other textile magazines and journals, she presented a paper entitled \u201cBack to the Knitting Needle: Manufacturers, retailers, and the image of handknitting in America, 1935-1955\u201d to the Costume Society of America. Strawn teaches textile-related classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and researches hand-produced traditional textiles. She lives in Oak Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago.Knitter, writer, and illustrator Susan Strawn has a Ph.D. in Textiles and Clothing from Iowa State University. A regular contributor to Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, and other textile magazines and journals, she presented a paper entitled Back to the Knitting Needle: Manufacturers, retailers, and the image of handknitting in America, 1935-1955 to the Costume Society of America. Strawn teaches textile-related classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and researches hand-produced traditional textiles. She lives in Oak Park, IL, a suburb of Chicago.
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