The Library
Complete needlework books from the 1840s to the 1920s, free to read online, chapter by chapter. Every book here is in the public domain.
Every book, A to Z
Art in Needlework
Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle, 1900
Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings
H. P. Ryder, 1896
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
Grace Christie, 1906
Exercises in Knitting
Cornelia Mee, 1846
Golden Stars in Tatting and Crochet
Mlle. Riego de la Branchardière, 1861
Handbook of Embroidery
L. Higgin, 1880
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet
Needlecraft Publishing Company, 1918
Jacobean Embroidery
Fitzwilliam and Hands, 1912
Knitting, Crochet, and Netting
Mlle. Riego de la Branchardière, 1846
My Knitting Book
Miss Lambert, 1843
Needlework as Art
Lady Marian Alford, 1886
Practical Basketry
Anna A. Gill, 1916
Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them
Marie D. Webster, 1915
Spool Knitting
Mary A. McCormack, 1909
The Art of Modern Lace-Making
The Butterick Publishing Co., 1891
The Bath Tatting Book
P. P., 1865
The Development of Embroidery in America
Candace Wheeler, 1921
The Ladies’ Knitting and Netting Book
Miss Watts, 1840
The Ladies’ Work-Table Book
1844
The New Guide to Knitting and Crochet
Mary Jane Cooper, 1847
The Quilt That Jack Built
Annie Fellows Johnston, 1919
The Tapestry Book
Helen Churchill Candee, 1912