The quiet joy of watching other people knit
These photos are utterly charming
Sojourner Truth, ca. 1880, sitting at a table with her knitting and a book.
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division via People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)"It is mesmerizing, even
Photo postcard, France, ca. 1918.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
High school boys knitting for soldiers during World War I, Cooperstown, New York, 1918.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
Mary Pickford knitting for the Red Cross, 1925.
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Photograph by J. Peterson, ca. 1939, Shetland Museum and Archives.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
Taxicab driver knitting between fares, London, ca. 1940.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
Ca. 1940.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
Knitting for the troops at the beauty salon, London, 1940.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
Nurses knit for soldiers, Melbourne, Australia, ca. 1940.
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Photograph by John Vachon, Washington, D.C., 1941.
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Doris Day knitting on the set of A Touch of Mink, 1962.
(People Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara Levine, published by Princeton Architectural Press 2016)
