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National library trawls archive to recreate vintage knitting patterns for new crafters

Sewing pattern published in the Australian Women's Weekly in August 1941. (Supplied: Trove)

When the National Library of Australia (NLA) began digitising old newspapers and magazines and adding them to its database Trove, one search term was surprisingly popular.

"We started to notice that one of the subject headings that was most often targeted was knitting patterns," Kathryn Favelle, director of community engagement at the NLA told Christine Layton on ABC Radio Perth.

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