Vintage knitting

Today's lovely pattern comes from the Jack Frost Blouse Book, Volume 25 from 1937. The Jack Frost patterns have a very interesting way of co...

𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 on Instagram: "If you’re looking for an easy-knit, warm, stylish cardigan … this lovely 1950s Lee Target pattern ticks all the boxes ! The pattern says it’s for Double Knitting but that was for the 50s version which was thicker than our modern DK. Modern Aran weight yarns match this pattern perfectly - with a required tension of 17sts to 4”/10cm - it knits very closely and it grows so quickly ! Another big bonus … it knits up all in one…

I know that it’s warming up in the Northern Hemisphere, but it’s finally starting to cool down here in the antipodes… To celebrate, today’s free vintage knitting pattern comes from Patons No.406, and is knit using Patons Totem – a snuggly, DK weight yarn. The...

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I don't know about you, but I don't enjoy packing up a house to move. I enjoy unpacking a house after moving... but not the "before" phase of purging and packing! In anticipation of moving this spring, I've been working largely from my stash for projects, especially knitting projects. (If I use my stash, I'm not acquiring more... and I have less to pack later!) I've got lots of leftover yarn balls from other projects, but they're all different colors and weights, and I don't know the amounts…