BOOK ‘Knitting Things - For Children 8 and Over’ Paperback 1976. Plus extra Post=$2.00 to all NZ including RD Delivery. Book “Knitting Things –For Children aged 8 and over” Rae Compton & Michael Harvey, text iIlustrations by Moira Buj, cover by Carol Lawson. Piccolo Original Pan Books paperback, card cover, 112 yellowing firm pages, Spine strong, no pen, no pencil, no curved corners. Bought Paper Plus, Palmerston North, 1980.
From 2009, book near garage floor, has damp stains and smell. Diagrams most pages, Table of needle sizes, converted: number and metric. Best needles to buy. Beginning, loop, cast on, draw new loop through. Plain and purl. Garter stitch. Ribbing. Clothes, toys, Barbapapa. Instructions for right hand. Page 40: “The star (*), or asterick, as it is properly called, is always used to mark a point that you go back to and repeat again”. Knit: Cap. Pompom. Baby’s Hat. Cushion. Tea Cosy. Mittens. Booties. Rag Doll. Pram Cover. Paperback measures: 13cm X 19.5cm X 0.7cm. No cigarette. In Birkenhead.