A charming how-to-knit classic packed with delightfully vintage advice
James Norbury wrote The Penguin Knitting Book in 1957. He travelled extensively throughout the world, studying every aspect of the knitter's craft. A knitting historian, teacher and designer as well as a television star on his own BBC knitting show, he was Chief Designer for Patons and one of the foremost authorities on the history of knitting.
[In the late 1960s] there was a chap called James Norbury, who had
his own knitting show on the BBC. I sat in on some of the
programmes, and good stuff it was, too. I learned lots of racy
stuff about 'knit one, purl one'
*Sir David Attenborough*
Knitting is the saving of a life
*Virginia Woolf*
The strongest single influence in British knitting
*Richard Rutt, author of 'A History of Hand Knitting'*
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