A bed jacket used to be a very handy thing to have. If there was chance that a member of your own family might see you sitting up in bed drinking tea, you could pop on your bed jacket and avoid some form of terrible, unspecified embarrassment. These days being seen wearing pyjamas isn’t a big deal. I see people old enough to vote wearing panda onesies on public transport – which suggests pyjamas no longer need covering up. (Either that or humankind is doomed). Today’s patterns are from two different Paton’s booklets and I think they are both from the 80s. The first booklet below features four patterns for fairly similar, very loose, button up bed jackets. There isn’t much else you could do with these patterns because they wouldn’t make terribly nice cardigans.
The second pattern booklet looks to be from the very early 80’s and presents a lot more design variation of both the bed jackets and bamboo bedheads. The blue one could be a nice summer cardigan as could the pink one on the bottom row.
If you feel the need to cover up in bed (or accessorize your onesie on the tram), you can win a copy of the second pattern featured today. All comments left between April 14 and 30 will go into a draw to receive copy of “Patons bed jackets in popular yarns”. The winner will be announced on May 1. (Please note that I do not own the copyright to any patterns featured in Retro Monday. Unfortunately this means I make or send out copies).
(Please note that I do not own the copyright to any patterns featured in Retro Monday. Unfortunately this means I make or send out copies).
My Nana used to knit bed jackets (I am 65), thinking back, homes were not heated as they are now, if you got a cold in winter out come the bed jacket and bed socks, a good chest rub with Vicks and a hot water bottle, of course wearing a knitted cover. Nana’s bed jackets were usually in a fine ply and she loved to knit them in an apricot/peach shade
Maybe I should knit a bed jacket after all. Our little miner’s cottage in Ballan is FREEZING! Come to think of it, I might try out one of my old patterns for knitted undies while I’m at it.
Some old houses still don’t have heating outside the main room! I love my bed socks and hot water bottle! I don’t know about these bed jacket patterns. Not sure I WANT to win one! 🙂
Yep – that’s my house. A tiny electric heater in the lounge room that generates just enough warmth to go straight up to the 10 ft ceilings and keep the spiders nice and warm.
Just what I need and knitting for me would be a change