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Spool Cotton Co.
Best known for vintage crochet, knitting, and tatting booklets, this publishing name helped bring practical needlework patterns into many American homes. Its slim pattern books, often sold at low cost, are now prized by crafters and collectors alike.
3 Audiobooks
Old and new favorites : crochet designs Nation-wide favorites repeated by request for tablecloths, bedspreads, luncheon sets, chair sets, doilies
by Spool Cotton Co.
Afghans
by Spool Cotton Co.
Fine crochet and tatting
by Spool Cotton Co.
About the author
Spool Cotton Co. was not a single individual author, but a company name used on sewing and needlework publications. Historical sources tie it to the Coats and Clark thread business in the United States, and the name appears on many pattern booklets connected with household crafts and garment making.
The company is especially remembered for publishing crochet, knitting, and tatting guides from the 1930s through the early 1950s. Many of these booklets focused on useful, decorative projects such as afghans, bedspreads, doilies, tablecloths, and clothing for children and the home, written in a practical style for everyday makers.
Today, Spool Cotton Co. survives mainly through reprints, library scans, and collector interest. Its books offer a window into the history of home craft, showing how thread companies once doubled as publishers, teaching customers new techniques while also inspiring them with patterns that still appeal to vintage-fiber enthusiasts.