Resources

Various resources related to the library, or that we thought you might find useful.

Copyright terms and the Public Domain --Summary from Cornell University on publications in the public domain.
Digital Imaging Tutorial --Another great tutorial from Cornell on concepts for scanning documents.
Creative Commons --Flexible copyright licensing tools that we use to protect our book scans.
Scanning Guidelines --Information you should read before scanning a book for the library.
Canadian copyright information.

On-line Digital Archive of Books on Weaving and Related Topics --the digital archive of weaving, lace and textile material
Home Work --1891 Canadian needlework book
Irish crochet motifs
Vintage crochet patterns at about.com
Beeton's Book of Needlework --1880's British publication, ebook version at Project Gutenberg
Antique Crochet Patterns
Crochet and Crafts Links
Digital Resources from the Knitting Reference Library WSA The Richard Rutt Collection.
A particular distinction and strength of his collection is the range and number of nineteenth century knitting books which commenced publication in the 1830s. They may be seen as a precursor of the contemporary knitting pattern and the “how-to-knit” books which are still being published, over 180 years later.
In addition, his library includes a comprehensive run of the knitting magazine Stitchcraft dating from the 1930s to the 1980s which richly illustrates the changing graphic image and layout of knitting patterns through the decades of the twentieth century. He also had an interest in Scandinavian and Korean knitting which is reflected in his collection.
Archive of Tatting Books in the public domain.

Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. They have a separate page dedicated to their Berlin woolwork collection
Norwegian embroidery pattern digital collection
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Historisch museum Deventer The now-closed historical museum of Deventer, that gave us permission to chart and publish selected items from their collection.
The collection Landwehr-Vogels is probably the most extensive collection of Berlin woolwork patterns in Europe. The patterns can be viewed in detail, but not downloaded. We're not allowed to repost or even chart them, either (and I asked). That said, it's fabulous eye candy. The link has some search criteria pre-filled. Our collection and theirs overlap for some twenty items.