author
Elvina Mary Corbould
b. 1849
A Victorian writer best remembered for practical needlework books, she turned knitting and crochet into clear, approachable guides for home makers. Her surviving works still give a vivid glimpse of everyday craft culture in the late 19th century.
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Mother's Knitter: Containing some patterns of things for little children
by Elvina Mary Corbould
About the author
Elvina Mary Corbould was an English author born in 1849 who wrote popular household craft books in the Victorian period. She is best known for titles such as The Lady's Knitting-Book, The Lady's Crochet-Book, and Mother's Knitter, works that focused on useful patterns and instruction rather than literary fame.
Her books were published in the 1870s and 1880s and have remained visible through library catalogs and digitized editions, which suggests they were practical manuals meant to be used and reused. Today, she is mainly remembered by readers interested in knitting history, crochet history, and domestic life in the 19th century.
Reliable biographical detail about her life appears to be quite limited in the sources I could confirm here, so it is safest to describe her as a Victorian needlework writer whose legacy rests on the clarity and usefulness of her pattern books.