Full name: No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting

Author: Anne Macdonald Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Crafts, History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780345362537 9780345339065 0345362535 0345339061

Examines the history of the nation from the perspective of women and knitting, tracing the changes in day-to-day life and in women's roles in society from colonial times to the present. Similar books: Knitting America by Susan M. Strawn A History of Hand Knitting by Richard Rutt Cast On, Bind Off by Leslie Ann Bestor The Knitter's Life List by Gwen W. Steege The Knowledgeable Knitter by Margaret Radcliffe Stitch 'n Bitch Superstar Knitting by Debbie Stoller Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters by Ann Budd Circular Knitting Workshop by Margaret Radcliffe The Knitting Sutra by Susan G. Lydon Itty-Bitty Hats by Susan B. Anderson Baby Knits For Beginners by Debbie Bliss Traditional Knitting Patterns from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Italy by James Norbury Knitting Counterpanes by Mary Walker Phillips Nordic Knitting by Susanne Pagoldh Knitting in the Nordic Tradition by Vibeke Lind Dead Wake by Erik Larson The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer