The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand

320 pages. This is an engaging history of a subject never before explored but familiar t o many New Zealanders. Knitting came to New Zealand with the missionaries, and H eather Nicholson constantly reminds us of the ancient European history of the cr aft. But her main focus is on a chronological picture of antipodean knitting whi ch is also a history of the domestic lives of women, of their resourcefulness, t heir talent, their sociability. She follows the growth of pattern books, the rol e of knitting for the troops in two world wars, knitting in the Depression and t he recent interest in art knitting. She also explores the different items produc ed by the skilled knitter, from jerseys and guernseys, to counterpanes, socks an d stockings and the scarf that stretched right round Parliament Buildings.