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Mee was one of the women who claimed to have invented crochet, and was a major figure in the popularization of various needlecrafts in the nineteenth century. She is credited with publishing the first original
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Cornelia Austin married widower
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A Guide to the Great
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Mee wrote illustrated books and pamphlets of knitting and crochet patterns and instructions, some with her younger sister Mary Battle Austin, including
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The queen's winter knitting book, by mrs. Mee & miss Austin. Ser. 3 of the 'Knitter's companion'
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A gauge of the various sizes of knitting needles, by
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Get Hooked on
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374:. David Bogue, Fleet Street.
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