Ladies Workbook - free ebooks

I've found a great website:

http://manybooks.net

It has thousands of books that can be downloaded free, in all sorts of
formats. They ask for a contribition, and I gave them one, because
they deserve it. Most of the books are pre-1930s, and thus out of
copyright, but there are a few more recent ones whose authors have
made them available. I downloaded about 30 books, some very long ones,
such as Boswell's Life of Johnson, to put (a few at a time) on my Palm
Lifedrive, which has a 4 gigabyte hard drive.

One of the books I found was the Ladies Workbook of Knitting, Crochet
and Lacepoint. It intrigued me, but the free copy didn't have any of
the diagrams. However, I googled the book and found a copy (not free,
though) at www.tradebit.com

So I bit the bullet and bought it, for about 8 euros, I think. (4.50
pounds sterling.) Tradebit is another site that looks interesting. It
is a hosting service for selling anything downloadable. At first
glance, I would say it's a bit disorganized, but it might be a good
place to sell patterns. Unfortunately, they seem to go in a category
called recipes/manuals, which is 33 pages long, without subdivisions,
and 95% recipes.

Speaking of Palm computers, I think that in the future when I'm
working on a pattern, I'll scan it and put it on my palm computer. It
should be easier than carrying around the printed instructions.

Right now, I've been too busy with my consulting work to do any
crocheting. I haven't touched it for several months now.


--
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.