Vintage Knitting

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I have been reading my vintage sock books and many introduce new ways to make socks. One of the ways is to make a T and sew it together. I am not sure how smooth the result would be. This one is interesting though. Here is the pattern for the Seamless New Heel and Toe Method from No 110 Monarch Hand Knit Sock Book (PDF, 1.6M). Tell me what you think!

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Here is a cute coat from Party Knits! Act quick, save 60% and get this book for under 8$. The gallery below shows the sample pattern and content. You can sign up for the free sampler on the Dover site and get free design inspiration every Friday

Knit one of these fabulous patterns, and go party! Match a satin skirt with the shimmering copper top or a pretty summer dress with the frill-edge bolero to make a terrific summer ensemble. Or keep warm at a winter party without any loss of style wearing the latest in shrugs, wraps, and gilets. Plus, this beautiful collection of knitted-wear offers gorgeous accessories such as corsages and bags to accent every outfit. Party Knits is a great new collection of 24 up-to-the-minute patterns that will allow you to go wild with bold and bright colors using an amazing range of glittering, metallic, and ribbon yarns, or stay chic with black and white. Making your own party pieces allows you to find just the right shade of wool to coordinate with your outfit. Follow unique patterns to add instant glamour to your party attire, or keep in pace with traditional craft to create a contemporary look. It’s your party and you’ll style how you want to!


Photos and Instructions

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I remember seeing Naomi Watts in King Kong and thinking, I would like a hat like that! It looks absolutely sublime on her but then again, she is one of the prettier people on this planet. Fawn Pea posted pictures of her St. Vincent Cloche on Flickr. This free pattern is available on her blog f.pea. This is a felted hat so you will need 4 skeins of 100% wool in two colors. It is knit big and felted until it is the right size. I am very bad at felting and I have a big head so this endeavour might be risky!

Disclaimer I am currently testing various plugins to display images from Flickr. PhotoXhibit works great but it links pictures inline and not on Flickr which I think is against policy. At this time I will link to Flickr in the title above the thumbnails so you can see the search results on Flickr as well.

Fawn Pea’s pictures of her 1920s Cloche

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I could not resist talking about this pattern by Kate Gilbert today. It looks absolutely adorable. The sides of this tunic are held with straps and can be modified as the child grows. Whats starts as a dress turns into a tunic. Very practical considering how babies instantly grow out of that sweater that took you 3 weeks to knit!

I was curious to see more finished projects so I looked on Flickr and turns out there are many finished and altered models.


The following are pictures from Flickr. Click here for the original search results.

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This whimsical Tunisian crochet model from 1975 features elephants. Found in the Häkel-ABC 75: Lehrganag und Modelle (German and French text). This magazine has tons of absolutely adorable patterns and features specific instructions and pattern for Tunisians crochet. Unlike regular crochet, Tunisian Crochet is worked in complete rows so it is a cross between crochet and knitting.

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Intrigued by Tunisian Crochet? Try this nice tutorial by crochet me.


Here are some great Tunisian crochet projects from Flickr:

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