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Free Knitting Pattern: His and Hers Cardigans from the 1960’s
Menswear is a little neglected on this blog, but I’ve scoured the Peak District on my holiday, ignoring the (rainy) outdoors and concentrating on charity shops and antique centres and I’ve found mostly...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Men’s sports shirt from 1930’s Copley’s...
The great thing about vintage patterns for men, is that modern women can wear them. As a women with a 38 inch bust, a lot of lovely 32 inch patterns from the twentieth century , you know those gorgeous...
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Free WW2 Knitting Pattern: Woolies for Wardens – Ladies jumper
One of two posts on this publication from 1941 to keep wardens warm, which is Bestway Knitting magazine issue 74. This is the pattern for ths ladies jumper on the left. It’s 36 inch bust (could be...
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Free WW2 Vintage Knitting Pattern: Ladies Draftproof Shelter Jacket
A draft-proof woolie knitted jacket for the Home Front ladies working hard. This is a knitting pattern from Bestway Knitting No 74 dating from 1941. The title ran up to issue 77 and then went on a long...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern from WW2: Men’s Fair Isle Pullover Bestway...
This pattern is so flimsy, it’s like holding a piece of silk. It must have been knitted and carried around during the process. Here is a fair isle that doesn’t look too compicated in the chart. I love...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Men’s Lumber Jacket from 1940s
I’m dating this from the price of 4 pence, aka 4D, as probably being the 1940’s, but it could easily be the 1930’s. It’s in two sizes, 34-36 inches and 36-38 inches.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern- Beret pattern for 10 -18 years.
I thought I had already posted this, but maybe I didn’t. Anyway, have it again. It’s one of the many, many pictures which are divorced from any details of what I scanned it from. But what on earth is...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Men’s Fair Isle Pullover from 1940s (Bestway...
This is made up in rust, brown, yellow, green, blue and natural 3 ply. It’s slightly more complicated than the last fair isle pullover I posted, having both more colours and two charts to follow. Chest...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Ladies Gloves worked on two needles from 1940’s
This is Patons and Baldwins’ leaflet 865, four ladies gloves knitted on two needles. Going by the last page, previewing other patterns, this is from the 1940s.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Children’s fair isle berets
Now I’ve shared some patterns for the chaps (and frankly I’m bored of scanning pullovers), how about some accessories? I plan to share a few, begining with three children’s fair isle berets made up in...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Bestway 1056 from 1940s Embroidered Ladies...
I think this model is Peggy Chester. I was alerted on Instagram, that Tickety Boo Tupney had identified the name of a knitting pattern model (that I’ve previously shared pictures of) and shared it in...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: V Neck Deco Sweater from Stitchcraft 1933
From March 1933. This is for the slightly larger than average apparently. That makes me slightly larger than the slightly larger than average – it measures 38 inches, so I think it’s intended for 36...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Bestway 1777 1940s men’s gloves
On two or four needles, so something for everyone. Perhaps this would be a good gift for a boyfriend, husband or Dad, and it’s a small enough project to finish before Christmas. As the final page says...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern – Vintage-esque – 1970s does 1930s Ladies Lace...
As well as buying properly old knitting patterns, I’ve got quite a lot of seventies ones. These fall into three camps: those that amuse me, those I’d wear because I like the decade (and don’t care what...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Twinset in 34 to 40 inch bust
This one is another vintage-esque pattern (forgive my mangling of the English language). Really as it is older than 25, it qualifies as vintage, but by vintage-esque I mean it harks back to an earlier...
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Vintage Knitting Pattern: 1980s does 1940s (Sirdar 5975)
This is another vintage pattern of one era representing another, though for the first time it clearly calls it 1940s nostalgia. I think the man in the background looks rather menacing, as if he intends...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Lacey tops With Man Appeal
Another pattern being shared because I think it looks like it could be worn as an older era’s clothes, maybe. It’s from the 1970s and I think that the baby pink is rather yukky. The yarn is called...
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Patons 1009
In case there aren’t enough lacy tops with “man-appeal” (see last post), here is another. This one says it is “the pretty look,” which I think is rather a charming descripton. Today’s fashion is...
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This Saturday I’m Selling at Classic Carboot Sale plus Free Vintage Knitting...
I’m sharing a pattern today from Weldon’s Portfolio Of Ladies Fashion from 1938. It’s a lovely summery short-sleeved top. The rest of the magazine will be appearing soon on the website and then on...
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Free Vintage Magazine – 1938 Portfolio of Fashion from Weldon’s Ladies’...
Portfolio of Fashion was a supplement to Weldon’s Ladies Journal, which was full of pictures giving the reader the latest fashion news, but really a vehicle for selling patterns. I’ve dated this one by...
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