Have I ever told you how much I love charity shops??
When vintage hunting, I tend to get my best finds in shops outside of London. My theory on this is that London has too many hipsters scouring the shops for valuable vintage goods. So if you head out of town, you can often find some treasures.
This week, I found a whole bin of vintage knitting patterns, for 10p each! I’ve had vintage knitting on the brain recently, since I’ve been writing an article about it for Knit Today magazine (stay tuned for more info on this!) I love the idea of making new, vintage-style knitwear by knitting from old patterns. If you haven’t tried knitting yet, get yourself to a local knitting meetup via Ravelry and give it a try!
In this week’s vintage pattern discovery, I found a couple items I might knit, but mainly bought them for amusement and blogging value. This one is my favorite … what exactly is going on with this girl’s head (wait, is it a girl on the right? I think so…)
A lovely knitting booklet from Woman’s Weekly magazine, looks like it’s from the 1930s.
I think I’ll make this cardigan from the booklet:
1960′s boat neck sweater:
Some very brightly colored children’s sweaters.
And finally, some 1970s poncho action … with matching hats. Oh boy.
Happy vintage hunting!
I love the ponchos i want one, maybe i will have to get a copy of that pattern from you A