Förmedling av mönsterförlagor för stickning och virkning: medierna, marknaden och målgruppen i Sverige vid 1800-talets mitt

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"In the 1840s, the first manuals for knitting and crochet were published in Swedish. In small booklets with colorful paper covers, patterns and instructions were conveyed for making various decorative objects, such as stockings in silk or colorful wool yarn, decorated with pearls or collars, children's clothes and lace in thin white cotton yarn. In the prefaces to the manuals, knitting and crochet are highlighted as the most beautiful of all ladies' handicrafts, both for the benefit and for the pleasure of the trend-conscious and diligent middle- and upper-class woman. By the middle of the 1850s, the publication of manuals for knitting and crochet was declining, and patterns for all kinds of textile handicrafts became a regular feature in fashion magazines. Large posters in thin paper were filled with pattern drawings with cutting patterns and pictures of the latest clothing fashion. Differences between these methods of publication raise questions about how the transmission of patterns and instructions for knitting and crochet changed over time, and what these changes meant for the practice of these handicrafts. The author examines how pattern models and instructions for knitting and crochet were designed and distributed in printed publications during the middle of the 19th century, a period when new publication genres were introduced on the Swedish market. In addition to giving a detailed picture of the first patterns for knitting and crochet published in Swedish, comparisons are made with similar publications in Germany and the United Kingdom, and a large number of manuals that have not received attention in previous research are highlighted and placed in a cultural and media historical context"--Provided by publisher.