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338. Knitted Braces by Isabella Beeton

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Craft

Knitting

Category

Suggested yarn

Walter Evans and Co. Knitting Cotton No. 8 or 12 (historical sizing)

Languages

English

Out of print. This pattern was available for free.

This pattern was published in 1870 in Beeton’s Book of Needlework, by Isabella Beeton.

“These braces are knitted with coarse white cotton, taken double; the braces themselves are worked in brioche stitch, the lappets are knitted plain.”

Brioche stitch is explained.

The entire book can be viewed on the Gutenberg.org website.

Also available as PDF-format on Antique Pattern Library’s website (page 109-110 of the PDF):

BeetonNeedlework185-442.pdf