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Knitted Speedy Slippers Pattern from Patons Item Info
- Title:
- Knitted Speedy Slippers Pattern from Patons
- Creator:
- Grandmother Red
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Material:
- Paper, ink
- Techniques:
- Knitting
- Description:
- A printed kitting pattern for speedy slippers. The paper is discoloured from use. It features a black and white picture of the slippers on the front of the pattern and a continuous pattern on the back. For the alternate text of the pattern, please contact the author of the site at the following email: Superme240@gmail.com.
- Story:
- The speedy slipper knitting pattern has been printed on paper by a modern-day printing press. This pattern was mass-produced and was given freely at the Toronto Patons store. You can see that the owner of this pattern, my grandma, has made adjustments to the pattern in pen ink. I wanted to display this pattern because of her little notes on the pattern, such as four knits, and the edits she made on the back page of the pattern. Crossing out specific numbers, adding numbers to the pattern, and underlining specific instructions. It is a practice in fibre arts that is still done today, and I wanted to share that small universal experience here.
- My Fathers Point of View:
- When I talk to my dad about Grandmother Red's crafting habits, he can't remember her doing it often. He remembers her always baking and making things for him and his sister when they needed it, but he does not have anything she once made for him. He recalls hearing that she crafted a lot more before having kids, which aligns with this pattern that dates back to the 1950s, a couple of years before her first child was born.
- My Point of View:
- My grandmother passed away when I was eleven. I started getting into fibre arts in my twenties, almost ten years after she had passed, and when my grandfather moved out of their home, my brother and father found all these patterns she used throughout her life. When I was given these patterns, I felt like I had something I could connect with and relate to. I did not get to share a lot of what I had become with her, but in my twenties, I was able to reconnect with her through our shared love of crafts and the fibre arts.
- Subjects:
- Knitting; Tool
- Source:
- Photo taken by the Author; item owned by the Author and shared with the courtesy of Patons.
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Knitted Speedy Slippers Pattern from Patons", The Threads of Crafting, The Threads of Crafting Corperation
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/speedy_slipers_full.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This pattern is intended to serve as an example of prior patterning habits. It is included in this project because of the integral role that owning a pattern or writing one down plays in fibre craftsmanship. These items tell a story of craft and ownership as much as the physical items they create. The original pattern was used for individual purposes and should not be copied or reproduced in any way. All patterns have been cited back to their original sources. The patterns here should not be used as a substitute for original art or a piece of work, as this is an educational project.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/guide-copyright