Marianne Kinzel was a mid-20th century designer of
knitted lace patterns. She was born and raised in Bohemia, attending the Art and Needlework College in
Prague
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, but later emigrated with her husband Walter to
England
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.
When she started designing patterns, she had some difficulty finding a publisher, so she and her husband formed their own publishing company, Artistic Needleworks Publications, through which she published both individual patterns and later entire pattern books.
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Bibliography
* Marianne Kinzel (1954). ''First book of modern lace knitting''. Artistic Needleworks Publications. (out of print)
** 1960 republication: London: Mills & Boon, Ltd. (out of print)
** 1972 republication: New York: Dover Publications, Inc. .
* Marianne Kinzel (1961). ''Second book of modern lace knitting''. London: Mills & Boon, Ltd. (out of print)
** 1972 republication: New York: Dover Publications, Inc. .
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Czechoslovak emigrants to England
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