Frances Lambert (needleworker)

She published in London and New York where she advised on crochet, embroidery and knitting.

Her mother was also named Frances (born Stunt), and her father was Thomas Lambert and he was skilled with lace.

The family business was making "military trimmings" and she learned the textile skills required to create them.

It is held in a Philadelphia library was the earliest book with knitting patterns.

Anastasia Marie Dolby and Mrs Frances Purcell bought the lease of Lambert's premises and the goodwill of her business, at 3 New Burlington Street, because she was retiring.