This week’s offering is from a book called “All You Can Knit and Crochet for Men”. It’s a Golden Hands special publication from the mid 1970’s and I must admit that I bought it for giggles. Although the jumper on the front cover is quite nice, most of the patterns are hilarious. The…
vintage patterns
Retro Monday – Vogue Knitting
I have a formidable collection of old knitting patterns. I bought some of them because one day I’d like to knit them up (after I win the lottery and get bionic wrists so I can knit all day). Others I bought just because they are so dated and daggy and funny that…
Knit Your Native Animals
I love going to op-shops and buying a stack of old knitting patterns. My most recent purchase included patterns from the 1960’s to the 1980’s and while some of the designs are hilarious to me in 2011, some are really stylish. The patterns which currently interest me most are Australiana – featuring…
Yarn Bomb Your Bike
According to Wikipedia, Yarn Bombing started in 2005 but in my recent haul of vintage patterns from the op-shop, I have found evidence to the contrary. I picked up a 1972 copy of Mon Tricot – one of the coolest knitting and crochet magazines ever. It’s full of knitting and crochet patterns of…