Knitting, crochet etc.

The ONline Book page has a bunch of pdf copies of old fashioned knitting/crochet books:

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• The Ladies' Knitting and Netting Book (second edition; London: John Miland, 1838) (PDF in the UK)
• Manual of Knitting, Beautifully Illustrated (first series; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., ca. 1860), by Cornelia Mee and Mary Austin (PDF in the UK)
• Exercises in Knitting (sixth thousand; London: D. Bogue, 1847), by Cornelia Mee (PDF in the UK)
• Mee's Companion to the Work-Table: Containing Selections in Knitting, Netting and Crochet Work (fifth thousand; London: D. Bogue, 1845), by Cornelia Mee (PDF in the UK)
• Helping the Trawlers (London: Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fisherman, ca. 1910) (PDF in the UK)
• Ladies' Work for Sailors (London: The Missions to Seamen, ca. 1902), ed. by Miss Warleigh (PDF in the UK)
• First Series of the Knitter's Companion (ninth edition; ca. 1867), by Cornelia Mee and Mary Austin (PDF in the UK)
• Myra's Knitting Lessons, No. 1: Containing the Rudiments of Knitting, and Various Useful Patterns (London: Myra and Son, 1870), by Myra (PDF in the UK)

the ladies work for sailors is about how to knit caps etc. in their spare time...