Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts

Monday, 11 February 2013

Thrifting the night away

Although I am often to be found rummaging around at my local charity shops, and always planning to put photos up here to show you gleefully what I have purchased, I hardly ever do. Reminded then, that it was Monday (ie Mapie Monday - hein? Go check it out, there is an excellent tips post on Jumbling today) I thought I would do a bit of show and tell on my latest love.

Reader, I have been bitten by the vintage baggage bug. It's a bit of a moth eaten one, but I love this funny 60s suitcase, and I tell you it does make my craft fair stall look a little more chic. Except my local 'rival' also went and got one. Sigh, they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!

Me and My Shadow

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Is it so wrong...?


to find a vintage knitting pattern and really want to knit three jumpers just like the picture so that we all (all the ladies - men are exempt) have matching jumpers?! I have never felt like this before. In fact, I would have said that I was implacably against dressing your children alike, let alone like you. Now this. I fear some madness is upon me. 
 

Also I would just like to show you this picture because I spend most of my day gazing on the real thing which is magnificent and kissably fat around the cheeks area. So damn cute and I made it myself. I am possibly committing the parental sin of favouritism, but it is only temporary because he will soon turn into a shoe refusing, smart talking, mother botherer like the others ;-) 

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Wooly Wednesday AKA Crimes against Fashion

Here the leaves are turning to rainbow colours, children are back at school and there is a definate nip in the air mornings. So my thoughts are returning to knitting as you will see from the previous post, and I have been rummaging through the knitting patterns and books that I have hoarded/been given (my collection has got to that stage now where I no longer have to seek them out, they come to me!). 

So I thought that I would reprise my previous knitting pattern wednesday bonanza, although I have renamed it as most of the time I cannot provide the pattern. Ever since I was sternly unbraided on Ravelry by some self-appointed copyright watcher I have been a bit nervous about providing the patterns - OK they are all at least 40 years old AND usually from magazines long since forgotten but heck lets all get paranoid about prosecution. Really now, I'm sure that all the file sharers of forthcoming films and music are far more the focus of the police than some lady who occasionally posts up defunct knitting patterns from the last century but I suppose someone somewhere might be losing money from my actions so I better stop. 

I will instead merely post up the accompanying photographs which of course are completely not bound by copyright of any sort (pretends confusion). These have a theme: they come from the same 'Keynote Baby Book' and all show why you should not put children in an all-wool, one colour outfit. These children would be older than me now. I hope they were not permanently scarred by this experience. Particularly this first chap:


Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Pattern Wednesday - Weekend Casuals: His and Hers Sweaters



This is a cute unisex pattern that I think has a lot of wearability today. Also it's in DK (phew!). It comes from one of my stash of magazine patterns that were torn out sometime in the 1960's or 1970's  - no chance of finding where they came from now! I like to keep old patterns in the public domain - at least they might get used again, instead of festering away in the dark, but of course if you know who this pattern belongs to, coyright wise, and would like to get in contact, please do. I am always happy to credit where it is due. 

Follow the link to the pattern document - I'm afraid the formatting is a bit awry - the page was really creased and although I have tried to go through and check for mistakes, my scanner wasn't very happy about the state of this one!

WEEKEND CASUALS

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Classic cable jacket


Here's another great find from my vintage patterns stash. A Vogue knitting book from the 1960's, with some really wearable designs in. Thankfully also most are in DK rather than the usual vintage 4-ply business. I wish I had time to make this warm looking cable jacket for myself! I could have done with it today, against the blustery wind. 

Monday, 13 September 2010

Huge stash of vintage patterns hooray

Just before my mum went on her month long expedition to Sri Lanka (Why? I hope she is OK?! She never writes) she mailed me this enormous stash of vintage patterns, books, magazine clippings etc. Some are knitting patterns, some sewing, childrens, crafts, etc. I will slowly get through looking at all of them but here are a few highlights that initially caught my eye.

The little girls smock is from a book of fairytale theme embroidery patterns which are really charming.

The second picture is an article showing you how to knit a dress, as modelled (of course?) by Francoise Hardy! (Woman 1967)