The M.P. handy guide for knitting & crochet
Object
Crafts
Production date
1920 = 1940
Object number
1995.124
Physical Description
Knitting stich/row counter. A rectangular metal sheet with openings in the front revealing numbers printed on paper underneath. There are five rectangular, vertical openings revealing ranges of numbers, with a movable metal glider beside each to keep track of 'rows', 'increase', and 'times'. Instruction label attached to back, partly torn away.
A row counter for hand knitting is a tally counter for counting rows or stitch pattern repetitions. They were commercially produced from the 1920s onwards for the general public who had begun to regularly knit from unfamiliar printed and complex patterns.
A row counter for hand knitting is a tally counter for counting rows or stitch pattern repetitions. They were commercially produced from the 1920s onwards for the general public who had begun to regularly knit from unfamiliar printed and complex patterns.
Material
Metals
Paper
Dimension
Width: 120mm
Height: 94mm
Height: 94mm
On display?
No
Inscription
British Made
The M.P. handy guide for knitting & crochet
The M.P. handy guide for knitting & crochet