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The Lady's Knitting-Book / Containing eighty clear and easy patterns of useful and ornamental knitting

Chapter 57: PRICE LIST OF WOOLS AND YARNS
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A practical manual presenting eighty clear knitting patterns and step-by-step directions for garments and household items, from stockings, socks, shawls, and jackets to cushions, purses, and rugs. It explains yarn types, needle sizes, tension, and approximate costs, and covers techniques such as ribbing, brioche, cable, loop, and double knitting. Detailed procedures are given for heels, toes, decreases and increases, sizing adjustments, and finishing, with plain-language explanations aimed at inexperienced knitters and tips for achieving fit and durability.

PRICE LIST OF WOOLS AND YARNS

Sold by HAIG AND VINCE,
209 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W.


PER LB.
s. d. s. d.
Charity Wheeling Yarn 3 6 to 4 0
Best Scotch Wheeling Yarn, 6½d. & 7½d. per skein 4 3 4 9
Best Scotch Fingering Yarn 6 0 7 0
Scotch Berlin Fingering 7 6 8 6
Merino Yarn, 4½d. per skein 10 6 12 6
Petticoat Yarn, 9d. per skein 6 0 7 0
Andalusian, 10d. per oz. 11 6 15 0
Shetland Wool, 10d. per oz 11 6 15 0
Pyrenees ditto
Berlin Wool, Single or Double, 7d. to 11d. per oz. 8 6 12 6
Fleece Wool in 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 threads 6 6 7 9
Lady Betty Wool, 2, 3, and 4 thread, 9d. and 10d. per oz. 11 6 12 6
Angola Yarn, 2½d. per skein 6 0
Scotch Knitting Cotton 3 9

All patterns in The Lady’s Knitting-Book have been successfully worked in the above Wools.


[Transcriber’s Note—the following changes have been made to this text:

Page 14: 12 to 11—“as on page 11”.]