Joyce meader is a historical hand-knitting expert. She has a wide and extensive collection of commercially printed patterns from the 1840’s to the present day. Army air corps museum 1940's house Joyce uses these patterns to hand knit items for museums, re-enactors and for private commissions and has knitted for The National Army Museum Chelsea, Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop and the Mountain Heritage Trust Mallory Collection She also lectures on the History of the Commercially Printed Knitting Pattern and on Historical Military Hand Knitting.