In today’s Retro Monday I’m revisiting a book I featured in 2012 – Traditional Knitting with Wool. I even did a giveaway of a spare copy I had at the time, so today history is repeating because I’m giving away another copy that I found in a local op-shop a few days…
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Retro Monday – Patons Craft Book
The only thing better than a tea cosy is a vintage tea cosy, so today I’m showing you a Patons Craft Book from the 1950s and I’m also giving a copy away to a blog reader. Patons always seem to have a book full of small projects in print, and this is…
Quick Work in Thick Wool
Believe it or not, I finished a project – the very unimaginatively named “Quick Work in Thick Wool“, short-sleeved jumper. I’ve been working on this one for about six months. I promised myself I wouldn’t cast on any new projects until I finished at least two UFOs and I actually did it!…
The Last Retro Monday
After sharing my vintage patterns with you for the past few years, I’ve decided that today will be the last Retro Monday. This year I want to spend more time creating tutorials and reference tools on the blog instead. Besides, how many orange ponchos can I share before everyone gets all ponchoed…
Retro Monday – Knitters Choice 1960
Today’s vintage pattern – Knitters Choice 1960 – is from a bundle of patterns I recently received from my friend Nicole. She gave me about 50 patterns from her own collection and they’re all fantastic! Knitters Choice 1960 is a Patons and Baldwins publication, with lots of patterns for women, men and…
Retro Monday – Trio Knits
I popped into one of the local op shops on the weekend and was lucky enough to find this wonderful pattern called Trio Knits. I haven’t done much op shopping lately, and I haven’t had a lot of luck with knitting patterns when I’ve ventured out anyway. But I had some very good luck with…