My dictionary says that “Victorian” means “relating to or typical of the period from 1837-1901 when Queen Victoria ruled England.” Many of the stitch patterns in this collection date from books published in that period; some are newer.

Many more patterns remain to be mapped! Here are some online sources to explore, in no particular order:

Antique Pattern Library

• DMC Library: Knitting – 5th Series
• The Priscilla Cotton Knitting Book edited by Belle Robinson

Project Gutenberg

• The Knitting Book by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière
• Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière
• The Abergeldie Winter Book by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière
• Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee

Archive.org

• How to Use Florence Knitting Silk
• Pearsall's Illustrated Handbook for Knitting in Silks
• The Lady's Kntting-Book, second volume, by Elvina M. Corbould

Books.Google.de

• The well-versed, elegant knitter by Nannette Höflich

Beeton's Book of Needlework

• Beeton's Book of Needlework by Isabella Beeton

Trove

• Historic Australian newspapers, and more. Search for “knitting.” Note that Knitting-and has modernized many of the knitting patterns found in Trove.

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