Thanks, Bill. I'll take a look to see if I can find the articles. Marsha in Wv Bill and Glenna Jo Christen wrote: > >> >> Subject: >> Knitting during the Civil War >> From: >> marsha moses <[email protected]> >> >> To: >> [email protected] >> >> >> I know that some of you are involved with reenactments and etc...Does >> anyone have any ideas if there is a place where I can find knitting >> patterns for socks that were knitted by the women at home for the >> soldiers who were fighting? > > > > Marsha, > > Two back issues of my publication, The Watchdog have articles on CW > knitting: > > summer 2005 (vol. 13, no. 3): review (by Colleen Formby) of Civil war > Era Knit and Crochet Patterns by DeAnne E. Upton. > > spring 2005 (vol. 13, no. 2): small item on knitting reference cards > (period versus modern yarn and needle sizes) from Virginia Mescher. > > These back issue are still available for a small fee. There is an > index to all back issues at the Watchdog web site below > > Bill Christen > -- > [email protected] > http://www.watchdogreview.com >