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[mothyandthesquid]

“Woodland”: blackberries on an autumn walk. With three purples and four greens, this is a complex and pretty colour that evokes the fall countryside. It’s on sock, sparkle, DK, and aran.

[samnygard]

Knitting and whatnot

[pxsieszn]

Crochet Flowers

[crampedfingers]

the completed le knit porcelain sweater :)

[knittaz-for-life]

Another labor of love💙 finished this last week and I love it. It took me longer than I wanted because I’ve been busy but I love the results.

I still gotta add the embroidery but I may save that for next November/December🎄☃️❄️

[ruthscraftroomuk]

[ezekiellsplayground]

Completed double knit mammoth cowl. I am so pleased with how this came together & here’s hoping it does well in this years Royal.

[krakengoddess]

You Shawl Not Pass

Pattern by Carissa Browning

Knit in two skeins of Madelinetosh sock in onyx and one Wonderland Yarns blossom in Lantala, bought from Eat.Sleep.Knit

[17unfinishedprojects]

Vintage Knitting/Crochet Patterns Masterlist

Recently, I’ve been getting really into more older styles of knit and crochet, and in my search for vintage patterns I’ve come across a ton of sites and articles that have been incredibly helpful to me, so I thought I’d share them all with you. The majority of these are free, and this post is still being updated as I find more. Hope you enjoy!

(p.s. most of the places you can get crochet patterns are in the ‘Misc.’ section bc most sites have both knit and crochet patterns)

Knitting:

vintageknittingpatternarchive.com

An archive featuring a variety of patterns from the 1920s-1980s

Pros:

Completely free

You can search by bust size, colorwork, yarn weight, decade, and clothing article

Also features some crochet patterns

Cons:

The site can be hard to navigate

vam.ac.uk

An article featuring a 15 clothing patterns from the 1940s

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Only has instructions for one size

sunnystitcher.gumroad.com

A collection of vintage knit clothing patterns from the 1930s-1970s

Pros:

A “name your own price” site, you can choose to pay $0 if you choose

Cons:

Not a lot of patterns

aranpatternarchive.com

A collection of vintage aran knitting patterns

Pros:

Completely free

Has a wide variety of patterns

Crochet:

antiquecrochetpatterns.com

An archive featuring a variety of vintage crochet patterns

Pros:

Completely free

A lot of home décor patterns

Cons:

Most of the clothing patterns are for babies and children

A lot of the patterns are currently unavailable due to the site being updated

Misc:

thevintagepatternfiles.blogspot.com

Pros:

Completely free

Has patterns in different languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, and Russian

Has patterns dating back to the 1800s

You can search by size, clothing article, and decade

Cons:

The site can be a hard to navigate.

marymaxim.com

A collection of vintage knit/crochet patterns

Pros:

You can filter by pattern type and yarn weight

The patterns are relatively cheap, ranging from $0.99-$4.99

Cons:

No free patterns

You can’t filter by size

trove.nla.gov.au

A blog post featuring 2 vintage knit patterns and 1 vintage crochet pattern

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Patterns may be hard to read because they appear as old newspaper/magazine excerpts

antiquepatternlibrary.org

An archive featuring a variety of vintage knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, quilting, macrame, weaving, tapestry, and many more pattens.

Pros:

Completely free

Wide variety of patterns across many crafts

Cons:

Website has an older layout and can be hard to navigate

(p.p.s I didn’t put cons on a few of them bc I honestly didn’t find any. If you encounter any problems with any of these sites let me know and I will add that to the con list.)

(p.p.p.s. if you have any other websites you use for vintage patterns please share them I’m always in need of more)

[jamiemccanless]

Does this grate say “sweater yoke” to anyone else?

[thalialaforet]

˚⋆𐙚｡ 𖦹.ᡣ𐭩˚ The maid cuffs STAY ON during the competitive rock, paper, scissors ultimate championship finale 😤✊🏼 ˚⋆𐙚｡ 𖦹.ᡣ𐭩˚

🌟 Got the inspo from watching the movie Amadeus 1984, eventhough in the movie the men are the ones wearing extravagant and colourful costumes with intricate lace sleeves and collars and how could I not mention the beautifuly coiffed wigs ?? 🥵 #TheGoodOldDays ⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅

Honestly these cuffs are so versatile you could use them for cosplay or even just to elevate a regular long sleeve sweater and they would also look very regal for menswear, I could totally picture a closeted Dandy wear these 👀

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The black yarn is a stirdy cotton and the white yarn is 100% Baby Alpaca by Lang and is supeeeeer soft and totally worth it 🥰

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[mothyandthesquid]

Calico Cat yarn

[theknitch]

#knitting helps me feel like a person when the world is wonky. Now I just need to get better at it...love these colors though!

[lonelywanderingflower]

Musselburgh beanies for my mom and me. So I jumped on the musselburgh train and it’s a popular pattern for good reason.

As of now, I’ve made 4 of them - all gifted - and finally just finished one for myself. It’s a basic stockinette beanie that’s constructed like a long tube so you get 2 layers - 4 layers for extra warmth if you do a folded brim. The pattern is well written and very customizable, not to mention very practical for the winter.

I also tried hand dyed sock yarns for the first time and found them fun to work with on a plain stockinette pattern like this because it allows speckled or variegated yarns to shine. For these hats I used Hedgehog Fibres Sock in the colorways Typewriter and Teacup respectively.

Never really considered myself a beanie person but after making these hats I definitely want to try out other beanie patterns. These also make great gifts so I’ll definitely make more of these in the future.

[oldmanknitter]

Just waiting on the next 911 call what better way to pass the time than knitting

[nymotifs]

School Frog :)