Useful Links

Here are a selection of links to other websites which you may find interesting and useful. You can also purchase high quality yarns from some of the sites. (Please bear in mind that these websites are external to Heirloom Knits and I am not responsible for their content.)

Rowan Yarns
Here you can purchase a wide variety of yarns, browse through their patterns' catalogue, find out about their magazines and books or even sign up for a workshop where you can learn to knit, brush up your techniques or add to your skills.
www.knitrowan.com/html/yarns.asp

Yeoman Yarns
Supplies both private knitters and industrial yarns and have become one of the world's leading suppliers of yarn-on-cone for domestic machine knitting.
www.yeoman-yarns.co.uk/shop/customer/home.php

Louet North America
A wholesale distributor of high quality Louet spinning and weaving equipment and have expanded their product line to include new yarns, dyes, fibres, patterns and more.
www.louet.com/

Knitter's Review
An in-depth review of knitting yarn
www.knittersreview.com/article_yarn.asp?article=/review/product/040722_a.asp

Fashion-Era
Victorian Era 1837-1901, Victorian fashion history, costume social history.
www.fashion-era.com/the_victorian_era.htm

The Republic of Pemberley 1
A discussion group and information on the works, life, and culture of Jane Austen, which includes illustrations from the "extended" Regency period.
www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/rgnclfil.html

The Republic of Pemberley 2
Notes and illustrations on Regency clothing styles, with 1895 Charles E. Brock illustrations for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppbrokil.html

Victorian Links
A site with a wide range of links to useful Victorian websites covering topics such as arts, crafts, clothing and fashion.
www.gfy.ku.dk/~ams/sh/victorian.html#arts

Victoriana.com
Kashmir and shawls of Paisley design.
www.victoriana.com/library/paisley/shawl.html

Stone's Neat Stuff and Emporium
Victorian and contemporary knitting patterns and buttons and references for those making and collecting historical garments and accessories.
http://escproductions.bizland.com/stonesneatstuff/index.html

Victoria Research Web 1
Printed sources: reference sources in libraries, bibliographical resources and book reviews.
http://victorianresearch.org/libraries.html

Victoria Research Web 2
Dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain, and to aiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of all aspects of this fascinating period.
http://victorianresearch.org/