Hobbies Weekly No. 2

Hobbies Ltd. · 1895 · 20 pictures

Hobbies Weekly No. 2, a British craft and pastimes magazine issued by Hobbies Ltd. in 1895 for amateur fretworkers, photographers, collectors and cyclists. Line engravings show fretsaw patterns and finished pieces — a scrolled table gong stand, a Ferris wheel model, a bracket with Aphrodite in a swan boat — plus hand-lettered bazaar posters and framed vignettes usable as borders.

Fretworking and inlaying in wood · Photography for amateurs · Hobbies that pay · Stamps and stamp collecting · The magic lantern and how to make the slides · Bazaars and how to decorate them · An electric scarf pin · Cycling · Football and athletics · Decorative use of waste material - mosaic · Venetian ribbon or bent iron work · Weekly presentation design · Prize competitions · Correspondence

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