Historical Knitting & Needlework  Links

Knitted Winter Shawl (1864)
One of the several excellent articles at the SCLA website.

  http://www.csa-scla.org/articles/KnittedShawl1864.htm

Crocheted and Knitted Sontags.
Another fine article from the SCLA site

http://www.csa-scla.org/articles/Sontag.htm

Home Work: A Choice Collection of Useful Designs for the Crochet and Knitting Needle (1891)
This is a scanned- in book at Early Canadiana Online..
  http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?id=d2c37a368e&doc=08942

Work Patterns From Godey's Lady's Magazine, (selected patterns from 1852-1860)
These patterns, for both knitting and other needlework, are  from Hope Greenberg's excellent Godey's Lady's Magazine website.

http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/fashion/work.html

Atlantic Guard Soldier's Aid Society Soldier's Sock Pattern

This is a good pattern for those who are less experienced or who need to knit a sock more quickly (made of knitting worsted instead of fingering yarn)

http://www.16thvirginia.org/SoldiersSock.htm