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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern WW2 ladies cable twinset
This is Patons & Baldwins No. 923. It’s made in 2 ply for a finished measurement of 34 inches around the bust.
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Free WW2 Knitting Pattern – La Laine Fair Isle Cardigan
It’s for a 34 – 36 inch bust and is made in 3 ply. If only there was a chart for it, like modern knitting patterns. You can always make your own using chartminder.com. I don’t find La Laine patterns...
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Free Pattern -Men’s golf pullover from Wendy Swiftknit
The pipe is an essential element in photographing men’s knitwear. Again you might not have a 1930’s man to knit for, but skip to the back page to drool over the other patterns you could have bought....
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern – Thirties Men’s Sweater
How great is his moustache? I have a lot of menswear patterns to scan, but this is the only pre-70s one with a tache. The size of the pages are pretty large, so I’m confident this is from the pre-WW2...
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Free Knitting Pattern for a Traditional Gansy a.k.a Guernsey
This pattern is from the 1970’s or 1980’s, but it’s a tradtional pattern which hasn’t changed much throughout the twentieth century. This pattern is in 11 sizes from child’s to ladies to adult men’s....
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Full Magazine Scan – Stitchcraft October 1953
One of my charity and Antique Shop finds from my hols, hence it’s creased condition. Here is a full scan of this issue of Stitchcraft from 1953. It includes these patterns: For 8 -10 year old’s a...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern – 60’s Sirdar ladies suit
Because who doesn’t want to knit a slinky modette trouser suit? This is two sizes – bust 34/ hips 36 and bust 38/ hips 40
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern -Twiggy Quick Crochet Suit
This was totally worth £4. In three sizes.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern – Groovy 1970 – 1971 Men’s Sweater & Scarf Combo
Check this guy out – he’s such a dude in that scarf and jumper combo, and he knows it. I want to represent all of the good bits of the twentieth century (that are also out of copyright!) on this...
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Free Vintage Pattern from the 1940s/ 1930s? No. 2744 from Patons & Baldwins
34 – 36 inch bust I’m guessing by the haircut and width of shoulder that this is a WW2 pattern, however it’s a bigger size (appearing in the scanned form as actual size) than P&B leaflets I’ve...
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Free Vintage Pattern from the 1930s No. 2909 from Patons & Baldwins
32-34 inch bust This one is absolutely from the 1930s. The frilly girlishness, the hair-do and the eyebrows are all telling me so. Save
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Free Vintage Pattern from 1928 – ladies panel front jumper
This beautiful jumper is from 1928, published in Leach’s Six Penny Knitting Series Issue 104 which is subtitled Jumper-Suits, Jumpers and Cardigans. Width around under arms is 38″, but it is supposed...
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Twenties Fashions from Leach’s Home Dressmaker 1925
This is rather a budget publication, being only 3 pence (3d), compared to Paris Mode which was 9 pence (9d) and Leach’s Six Penny Knitting Series (6d). Free patterns featured in every issue and then...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern from 1928 – Graduated Stripes
This comes from Leach’s 6d Knitting Series issue 104 from 1928
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: A cute short sleeve with embroidery detail
Link to get the pattern as a pdf from my Google drive – CLICK HERE Or here it is in photos.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Fleur de Lys 1940’s sweater
This little beauty is is from Bestway patterns and is in a size 33 – 36 inch bust. For the downloadable PDF click HERE.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Patons & Baldwins’ Diana design ladies jumper...
I found a new archive with knitting patterns. It’s the Constance Howard gallery at Goldsmiths University and it’s small but as a student there I get to go and look at it whenever I like. Yay! I also...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: Patons 169 Ladies Sweater from 1940s
I recently bought this at a vintage fair. It ends rather unhelpfully though doesn’t seem to be missing any pages. I suspect all that is missing is a line saying “sew it all together”. Any way is 34″...
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern – Twinset Emu 2492
Here is a rather fancy stitch 1960s twinset, in 30- 40 inch bust and made in 4-ply. DOWNLOAD AS PDF BY CLICKING HERE or just see the pictures below.
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Free Vintage Knitting Pattern: A Swagger Suit from CF Taylor and Sons
Download as a PDF by clicking HERE Here is a boucle suit knitted in 4 ply, with a skirt waist of 26 inches and no obvious sign of what the bust is. The skirt needs 16 buttons and the coat 8. Dating...
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