Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At this time, published knitting “receipts” did not contain abbreviations and were laborious to use. They were, however, rich in error!

Later in her career, due to circumstances of war and the resulting social stress and poverty, many of her knitting books were printed for ladies’ charitable societies, which used her knitting “receipts” to clothe the poor mill workers who were out of work due to the American Civil War and the embargo of cotton.

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Page. No. 1. German Pattern of Open Double Knitting 2 2. Nun's Pattern 3 3. Viennoise Pattern 4 4. Beautiful Coral Pattern 6 5. Beautiful Diamond Pattern 10 6. Pretty Feather Pattern 13 7. Double Rose Leaf Pattern 14 8. Spider Net Pattern 16 9. Shield Pattern, surrounded with Open Work 18 10. Canvass Pattern 22 11. Leaf Pattern 24 12... Continue reading book >>