Author: KOSTER, JANE & MARGARET MURRAY,
Title: Modern Knitting illustrated. Easty-to-follow instructions for indoor and outdoor graments to all members of the family. [First edition].
Description: London, Odhams Press, [approx.], 1940. 8°> Original cloth. Covertitle in boldblack type, repeated on spine. Large monochrome illustration on front cover. Ti.-p. with monochrome publ. device. 255pp. Numerous captioned detailed monochrome illustration in text and full-page, captioned diagrams and patterns in text, including a chapter about knitting and crocheting illustrating the required hand-postures and other technical details, index, coloured and decorative endpapers, table of contents. Minutely detailed english language handbook about the craft of knitting and crocheting home-made garments for men, women, children and babies with detailed and step-by-step instructions, which includes a chapter about handy ricks about mending garments. Refreshes long forgotten techniques. Good to very good copy.

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