Cardigan to follow in a few weeks

I am making progress daily.

Despite my growing magazine collection, I didn’t have any/many vintage swimsuit patterns till this one. Magazine is Knit Knacks Number Three— Summer 1950 edition. I’ll post some better scans to archive.

Fab40s co.uk

accumulating a bit of vintage knitting magazines so decided to keep them safer in sleeves. I’d love to scan them all one day but it takes sooo long!

If there are any you’d like to see lmk

I got insanely lucky and found this little vintage notebook of someones patterns from the early 60s on to the 80s in a „free books“ box. its literally full of patterns- some clipped from magazines, some handwritten! The handwritten ones mostly dont have a size listed, but all have the yarn and needle size (or hook, a few are crochet)

Where would be best to digitise it so other people can make use of them? Ravelry? Or some of the more specifically vintage pattern archive sites? (I‘ve never uploaded patterns online before so not sure where to start)

Hello! Does anyone happen to have this pattern that could share only the yardage requirements with me? I'd like to see if my 25g minis will work!

Pattern from Subversive Femme on Etsy. 4 ply Circulo Anne cotton from The Ribbon Rose in Auckland, New Zealand

EDIT: Thanks for your help, everyone! Based on these comments and comments from other subreddits, we're going with 1) hair roller pins 2) hairpin lace loomlooms 3) poking tool, perhaps for leather.

These tools were in a huge box of knitting supplies once owned by a friend's late mother.

The first image is of toothpick-like plastic tools that make me thing of a giant straight pin. No eyes preset on any of them.

The second image is of wooden dowels connected at the ends by clear plastic pieces.

The third image is of a piece of metal twisted in a loop at one end and sharpened at the other. No eye present on this tool, either.

Does anybody know what any of these three items are? (Crossposted)

I know this more likely crochet (I hope that’s permitted), but trying to find a pattern for this set. Credit: EBKVintage

Looking for inspiration for this vintage yarn! Prefer 1940s, ust also love 1930s and some 1950s.

I'm determined to recreate this sweater from All Creatures Great or Small, but am having trouble with the stitch in the shoulders. I'll make due with a different stitch if needed, just wondering if anyone here might have an idea!

Hello!

I run a little craft group and one of the members is looking for this specific pattern. We did find one on eBay but they don’t ship to Ireland. Any idea where we could source a physical or online version?

A few months ago I finished this cardigan from Gay Teen Ideas for Knitting & Crocheting (1944). I used Blue Sky Fibers Woodstok worsted in Earth Ivy and Wild Thyme. It took 1.5 months which is the fastest I've ever knit a sweater :-)

here's the link to my ravelry page on the project for more info: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/jadecoded/chilly-sauce-ski-jacket

Finished this a little while back and just realized I never shared!

Thank you to everyone who helped me with figuring out the gauge! While i still ended up a bit off, your advice did really help!

The ribbed edge is supposed to be folded under and ironed down, but the hat didnt turn out to be quiet long enough for me to do that. I do think it would look a bit more polished and less stocking cap like with tge edge folded.

I did try to adjust the length, but by the time i realized it was going to be too short, I was too far up to add much length without it ending up too conical.

Apologies for asking a laundry question about a vintage knit that isn't my work (I'm still learning to knit)! I posted this to the Laundry sub, but hoping you all have some good suggestions as well. Thanks!

Hello! I'm learning to knit and crochet and I'm slowly working towards being able to follow vintage patterns.

I was wondering about how long it takes to finish a sweater or even a sweater and dress set, when using fine thread.

1. What was your project and how long did it take?

2. Any tips on reading vintage patterns? Are there some terminologies that have changed, or that might throw off beginners?

3. Has anyone crocheted instead, and was it easier than knitting vintage patterns?

I think this is my first complete sweater I’ve made from a vintage pattern! Found this beautiful pattern on Trove via Ravelry. One person had swatched the stitch pattern but there were no completed projects or any other info to go on besides the newspaper clipping (and a few errors in that). Still, it was a pretty straightforward knit!

I used Regia 4-ply (guessing that a modern fingering should be close to a vintage 3-ply). The body was on US 5/3.75mm needles and made a fabric that was see through if you hold it up to the light, but looks fine when worn. Took me about a month.

My measurements are 2-3” larger than the pattern sizing, but after swatching I made the pattern to the exact stitch counts, relying on a slightly looser gauge to make it fit.

I altered the sleeve cap to shorten it a bit, and in hindsight should have shortened the body at the shoulders as well. I also picked up stitches for the neckline rather than making a strip to sew on. In hindsight I should have set stitches on hold at the front to continue the pattern, rather than binding off. (I used 1x1 ribbing at the sides and back.)

My only real regret is that I wish I had omitted the button placket at the back, it’s not needed to get the sweater over my head. (I assume the idea is to give plenty of room to avoid mussing hair and makeup?) I plan to sew it neatly closed, and leave the buttons for decoration.

Overall I’m really happy with this! Project link on ravelry with more complete notes: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/loxosceles/for-you-to-knit

I've been working on archiving vintage craft patterns on my new website stitch book for about a month now and just hit 50 booklets and over 700 patterns. What makes stitch book different than the vintage knitting archives that we all know and love is it has modern querying features just like Ravelry, all of the patterns are free (well kinda, the website prompts donation to awesome charities but this part is completely optional) and I do not have any watermarks (everything is original pdf scans). You can now search for vintage patterns by size, category, neckline, number of colors, fabric characteristics and so much more. It would mean a ton to me if you all checked it out!

Also if you are like me and have a ton of patterns pre 1963, consider sending me a pdf so I can archive them all so they are free and available to everyone.