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Elvina Mary Corbould
b. 1849
A Victorian writer and textile artist best remembered for practical needlework books, she helped turn knitting and crochet into clear, teachable household skills. Her work blended useful instruction with the steady, organized style that made domestic craft books so popular 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
Born in Islington on April 27, 1849, Elvina Mary Corbould was a British writer and textile artist. She wrote at a time when home craft manuals were an important part of everyday life, and her books focused on making knitting and crochet approachable for ordinary readers.
Her best-known works include The Lady's Knitting-Book, Mother's Knitter, The Knitting Teacher's Assistant, and The Lady's Crochet-Book. Several of these are now available through Project Gutenberg and other digital archives, which has helped keep her practical, pattern-based writing in circulation long after its original publication.
Corbould died on October 6, 1936. Although she is not widely known today, her books remain a useful window into Victorian domestic craft, showing how instruction, design, and everyday creativity came together in the work of a skilled textile writer.