author

Elvina Mary Corbould

b. 1849

Best remembered for practical Victorian craft books, this little-known writer helped bring knitting and crochet patterns to everyday readers. Her surviving works feel clear, useful, and full of the domestic creativity of the late 19th century.

2 Audiobooks

Mother's Knitter: Containing some patterns of things for little children

Mother's Knitter: Containing some patterns of things for little children

by Elvina Mary Corbould

The Lady's Knitting-Book Containing eighty clear and easy patterns of useful and ornamental knitting

The Lady's Knitting-Book Containing eighty clear and easy patterns of useful and ornamental knitting

by Elvina Mary Corbould

About the author

Elvina Mary Corbould was a 19th-century British author whose name is mainly linked today with needlework and domestic craft books. Reliable online library sources connect her with The Lady's Knitting-Book, Mother's Knitter, and The Lady's Crochet-Book, works that helped preserve period knitting and crochet patterns for later readers.

Her books are straightforward and practical rather than literary or showy. They focus on patterns, instructions, and useful ornamental work, which makes them especially interesting now as records of everyday Victorian making as well as guides for modern historical-craft enthusiasts.

Very little biographical information is consistently documented in the major easily available sources, so it is safest to let the books speak for her. What stands out is a clear, capable voice and a lasting place in the history of home crafts.