Today’s Retro Monday was inspired by having a good clean out of my stash. I undertook what has become an annual sorting of the stash which even extended to my sewing goodies. I’m quite impressed that my collection of fabric is all washed and ironed and ready to go and every little…
vintage patterns
Victory!
I finally finished my Knit for Victory cape and I’m really happy with it. I actually finished it before Christmas and I was miserable about it. Unblocked it looked horrible and I wasn’t convinced that blocking would help. I decided to block this by hand washing and then spinning out all of…
Retro Monday – Koala Tea Cosy
Today’s Retro Monday features my oldest knitting pattern book. It’s dated 2 November, 1936 which makes it 77 years old. It kind of smells 77 years old too. Still, its in pretty good condition for something printed on newsprint quality paper (apart from the colour cover which is on a denser, satin…
Retro Monday – Matching Outfits
I could never work out why people dress identical twins in identical outfits. Bridesmaids all wearing the same dresses confuse me too – I just don’t understand why they are made to dress the same. (But I don’t understand what function bridesmaids actually serve so I’m never going to understand the dress…
Retro Monday – Elegant Menswear
When I buy a vintage knitting pattern for its comedic value alone, its more likely to be a menswear pattern than anything else. It’s also quite likely to be from the 70s or 80s. There are so many second-hand patterns in the op-shops from the decades that taste forgot that it’s easy…
Retro Monday – Crimes Against Yarn
There are three reasons I buy vintage knitting patterns: 1 – I actually want to knit the item at some point. 2 – The pattern is simply lovely to look at. 3 – It’s too funny not to take it home and threaten Geoff with. Today’s Retro Monday features ponchos, sideburns and…