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Inspiring the generations: the Knitting Reference Library

Inspiring the generations: the Knitting Reference Library
Inspiring the generations: the Knitting Reference Library
The Knitting Reference Library (KRL) is part of the University of Southampton Library, and is located at Winchester School of Art, a campus of the University. The KRL was launched at the first In the loop conference in 2008 and is founded on the bibliographic collections of Richard Rutt, Montse Stanley and Jane Waller. Each collector possessed a serious passion for knitting, their individual approaches are illustrated through the resources they collected and established as an essential part of
their working lives.

The library comprises nearly 2000 books, 425 journal and magazine titles, an estimated 12,000 knitting patterns and hundreds of knitting pattern books. It includes many widely known classic books from the Victorian period through the decades of the twentieth century to the present day.
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Newington, Linda
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Newington, Linda
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Newington, Linda (2013) Inspiring the generations: the Knitting Reference Library. Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine, (54), 36-41.

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The Knitting Reference Library (KRL) is part of the University of Southampton Library, and is located at Winchester School of Art, a campus of the University. The KRL was launched at the first In the loop conference in 2008 and is founded on the bibliographic collections of Richard Rutt, Montse Stanley and Jane Waller. Each collector possessed a serious passion for knitting, their individual approaches are illustrated through the resources they collected and established as an essential part of
their working lives.

The library comprises nearly 2000 books, 425 journal and magazine titles, an estimated 12,000 knitting patterns and hundreds of knitting pattern books. It includes many widely known classic books from the Victorian period through the decades of the twentieth century to the present day.

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Published date: 2013

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Local EPrints ID: 355275
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/355275
ISSN: 2045-340X
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Date deposited: 02 Aug 2013 15:52
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 14:31

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Author: Linda Newington

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