FUNDRAISING

OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED!  GOAL: 5000 USD / 7000 CAD AND CURRENTLY AT 19%!

To keep our Library up and running, we hold a fundraising campaign from September to December.

This is the link to the donation button: Donate to keep the Antique Pattern Library running!  

Your donation pays for costs of supporting our projects such as scanners and other hardware, the occasional shipping costs for people who want to donate books but can’t afford the transatlantic shipping costs, general costs such as internet service provider, office address, and our application for charity status. Volunteers do the scanning and editing, and new books are paid from our private purses. 

Occasionally we get the question “Why don’t you just sell your stuff, you’d need no donation then?” which is correct, but not in accordance with the idea that our heritage should be available to everybody who wants to use or appreciate it, and profit is no part of that. To keep that, we do need donations. So, if you have a couple dollars to spare, we’d be glad to have them!

IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO DONATE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE ANTIQUE PATTERN LIBRARY, INTRODUCING THE LIBRARY TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW OF IT YET, IS VERY USEFUL, SINCE IT BROADENS OUR USER BASE AND THEREFORE ALSO OUR FUTURE DONOR BASE. BLOGS, TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, RAVELRY, FACEBOOK, OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA – SHOW OTHERS YOUR FAVORITE PUBLICATIONS AND WHAT YOU MADE USING THEM. OUR WORK IS ONLY USEFUL WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE IT!

And now for the new publication:

Sara hadley – instruction on filet crochet

P-YS022 Sara Hadley – A Book of Instruction on Filet Crochet
Introduction in Filet Crochet work, though not a basic how-to. Photographs of filet crochet work with the description of the patterns side by side. Mostly small motifs and narrow edgings, some corners and a few larger items. This publication dates from 1911, which is why not all patterns would be appropriate in modern publications.
Stapled softcover, 24 pages not including covers. Scanned 600dpi png.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

Filet crochet, always popular, is described here as “the new needlework”. This publication contains many small motifs that would also suit filet or cross-stitch. Something for everyone who has a crochet hook and knows how to use it.