Knitting America - A Glorious Heritage From Warm Socks to High Art

"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 Falick This 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.

About the author

Knitter, writer, and illustrator Susan Strawn has a Ph.D. in Textiles and Clothing. A regular contributor to Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, and other textile magazines and journals, she teaches textile classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She lives in Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Strawn, Susan M. Strawn
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2011
• EAN: 9780760340110
• ISBN: 978-0-7603-4011-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Handicrafts, textiles; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries