NUFASHOND
NUFASHOND is the brand name for rickrack made by the Narrow Fabric Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, who closed its doors in September of 2011. They put out a series of books incorporating rickrack into crochet and tatting designs in order to promote sales of their books. The Narrow Fabric Company is no longer with us, but you can still find the rickrack on sites like Ebay and Etsy. These books are very rare and hard to find. Fortunately, because of their date of publication, they are no longer under copyright, so I'll make PDFs available when I can find the time.
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Nufashond Rick Rack Book, Vol. 1, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1913)
Notes: 24 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
Nufashond Rick Rack Book, Vol. 2, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1916)
Notes: 24 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
It has a few tatting patterns tucked in the last two pages. The rest is crochet. I'll try to get a PDF file done of this book as well as
the third by August(they're a bit down on the list of scanning that has to be done). In the mean time, there are PDF files of most
of the second book at:
http://www.knitting-and.com/crochet/patterns-misc.html
Nufashond Rick Rack Book, Vol. 3, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1917)
Notes: 24 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
This has crochet and tatting patterns in it like the second volume...
Nufashond Rick Rack Book, Vol. 4, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1920)
Notes: 24 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
This has crochet and tatting patterns in it like the second and third volume...
A Myriad of Uses for Dainty Nufashond Rick Rack Book, Vol. 5, by Frances A Harris (TPB:1921)
Notes: 32 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
My current copy of this issue is missing the middle four pages 15/16, 17/18; This has crochet and tatting patterns in it like the second and third and fourth volume...
Nufashond Breakfast Set...and How to Make It, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:192?)
Notes: ?? pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
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Nufashond Knotwork Book, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:192?)
Notes: ?? pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
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Designs for the Use of Nufashond Rick Rack, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1922)
Notes: ?? pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
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Nufashond Rick Rack Crochet Instruction Book, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1933)
Notes: 32 pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
It's all crochet in this edition. I thought this was Book 1, but the copyright date on the copy I (finally) located was 1933. If may be a reprint of the first book - won't know until I actually find a copy. There's a well done PDF file of this one at:
http://www.knitting-and.com/crochet/patterns-misc.html
Rick Rack Book of Sewing and Crochet Designs, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1938)
Notes: ?? pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
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Nufashond Rick Rack Crochet Patterns, For household linens, lingerie, dress trimmings…, by Narrow Fabric Co. (TPB:1940)
Notes: ?? pages; Language: English; Publisher: Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, PA, USA; ISBN: None;
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