Weldon’s Practical Needlework

am now on a quest to get my copies of the following Weldon’s Practical Needlework

This is a cover from the “Weldon’s Illustrated Dressmaker”, October 1895.

from wikipedia:
Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal (1875–1954) supplied dressmaking patterns, and was a blueprint for subsequent ‘home weeklies’.

Weldon’s Practical Needlework
Volume 1 – practical knitting, patchwork & crochet, stitches explained.
Volume 2 – stocking knitter, cross-stitch embroidery, crewel work, bazaar articles, knitting, crochet, smocking, appliqué work, netting, lace, crochet edgings, knitting edgings.
Volume 3 – lace shawls, crocheted evening bags using macramé cord (corday).
Volume 4 – knitting, crochet, Mountmellick embroidery, smocking, tatting, decorative needlework, beadwork, macramé lace.
Volume 5- knitting, Mountmellick, crochet, drawn thread work,netting.
Volume 6 – crochet, knitting, ivory embroidery, canvas embroidery, jewelled embroidery, patchwork, linen embroidery, Mountmellick embroidery, macramé lace
Volume 7 – crinkled paper work, knick-knacks, ivory embroidery, knitting, crochet, church embroidery, Mountmellick embroidery, Japanese curtain work.
Volume 8 – crochet, Hungarian embroidery, church decorations, crinkled paper work, Mountmellick embroidery, knitting, Bulgarian embroidery.
Volume 9 – plain needlework, stock knitting, Mountmellick embroidery, crinkled and crepe tissue paper work, knitting, monograms & initials.
Volume 10 – appliqué embroidery, crochet, knitting, leather work, pincushions, point lace, ribbon plaiting.
Volume 11 – bent iron work, crochet, knitting, macramé & bead work, point lace, stocking knitter, torchon lace.
Volume 12 – crochet & knitted waistcoats, drawn thread work, knitting, Mountmellick embroidery, smocking, stocking knitter.

Publisher

Walter Weldon also founded Weldon’s Fashion Journal (one of the covers, above) Weldon’s Patterns, and Weldon’s Household Encyclopaedia.

His publications in the late 1800s were through Weldon & Company, a pattern company who produced hundreds of patterns and projects for numerous types of Victorian needlework. Around 1888, the company began to publish a series of books entitled Weldon’s Practical Needlework, each volume consisting of the various newsletters (one year of publications) bound together with a cloth cover and costing 2 shilling/6 pence.