#vintage patterns

[sixbucks]

The Vintage Patterns Wiki has over 83,500 sewing patterns dating until 1992. Browsing by decade, it's fascinating the see how fashion evolves over time. (Link below.)

[bygonethreadsstudio]

“La Belle Beach Jacket” Knitting pattern published in Clark’s ONT Knitting and Crochet Book #6 in 1919

Pattern is available in my Etsy shop here: BygoneThreadsStudio

[oldfarmhouse]

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[theamandacollection67]

1945 Bed Jackets and Smart Slippers knitting and crochet patterns🧶

[remus-my-love]

My fave Christmas present!!

I asked for this because I bought the knitting one for my fibre arts bestie, it’s a collection of 35 genuine vintage crochet patterns from women’s magazines!!! Aghhh I love it

(Appreciate the Christmas gingerbread dress lol)

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

[buisnessman-bunny]

Old crochet patterns were written by the literal devil. No one has any idea whats happening and im scared. The one I'm currently working on is from 1971 and it can not possibly be this big but ive triple checked and i guess women from the 70's had crochet super powers

[kvroii-arts]

On New Year's Day, I finished my double-sided velour Hillview scarf! With one side being the couch pattern and the other being the wallpaper pattern, it's like wearing a part of my old home.

[crocheteuse]

Vintage dress (crochet) and jerkin (knit) patterns from a Patons knitting magazine published in 1969

[amaltheametalweld]

I finished embroidering my sweater!!! The red ink around the dancing donkey may never fade, but I still think it's a cute little sweatshirt now. 😍🥰😍

Just about to hit post and looking at the picture it seems I've forgotten to fill in the hoof by the guitar. The back is already covered with a fleece fabric. At least its a small area! 😅

[millionmovieproject]

I queued two days worth of Halloween posts, and totally forgot to add any of my own art to it. #dumb.

Anyway, if you like witchy stuff, or Non-Halloween stuff like Magical Realism portraits from movies, and animals, Psychedelia, vintage-inspired patterns, and weird word art, check out my RB shop HERE, you can get my designs on a billion different products and support an indie artist.

[sweetlyfez]

vintage needlework patterns are so much fucking fun. Vival el poncho indeed

[wildestheart4ever]

Looking through my pattern collection and realizing that I will have to get a organizer boxes to put them in [Big ones, ‘cause some of them are printed on standard paper and are in large ziplock bags]

And now I’m just thinking about organizing them by date even if that means looking up each pattern to determine those dates

Also: This beauty is of 1942 and that makes my brain buzz because my time travel fic takes place through 1940 to 1946 and I care too much about these kind of details

ALSO: I love both versions of this outfit and look forward to making them

[bygonethreadsstudio]

Here are four pretty crochet pieces from the 1922 Bear Brand Blue Book, which I’ve restored and put up here on my Etsy!

This booklet is unique for its time, as almost every pattern inside includes gauge and measurements. It has over 50 patterns for women, men, and children.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

The copyright rant; re: crochet patterns

A reminder that taking an out of print pattern and scanning it or re-typing it and making it available for money or not does NOT give you any copyright over the pattern.

I see this a lot when I'm digging up vintage patterns on etsy and other sites. People who say, "I scanned it/retyped it, so I own the copyright."

First of all, no, you don't. That's not how that works. I pay for the patterns you offer because 1) I want them and 2) I think it's fair to pay you for digitizing the pattern.

In the US, crochet patterns are copyrighted by whoever first wrote them. I assume that if one writes a pattern for a company (Patons, Red Heart, etc.), then it's a work for hire situation much like comics. The pattern writer gets a one-time payment, and the company gets the profits from the pattern itself. That's just a guess to explain how it works. I assume that if there is copyright fuckery, the yarn company takes care of the legal shit, not the pattern writer that was hired by the yarn company.

This is important because a LOT of vintage patterns you can find for sale on etsy and ebay and other places aren't actually out of copyright (something around 70 years minimum in US law). They're out of print. So, technically, the yarn company could spend time tracking down the illegal reproduction and sale of their copyrighted material if they really wanted to make a fuss about things.

They don't do that because it's a waste of their time. Those of us tracking down vintage patterns and buying them from third-party sellers aren't hitting their bottom line. Because those patterns are no longer part of their bottom line. They're out of print.

But they ARE still under copyright for the most part in the US because they haven't met the age requirement to not be. And here's the thing: even if they ARE out of copyright in the US, that doesn't mean someone digitizing them puts them back into any sort of copyright.

It's like Pride & Prejudice, okay? You know why there are so many ebooks of P&P? Because it's in public domain and everyone wants to make a buck off of it. But none of them OWN P&P. No one owns P&P. That's what public domain means.

All of that being said, you know what is definitely still under copyright and reported by my ass when I find it on etsy? Patterns from books that are still in print. Not the books themselves, mind. Used book market is used book market. But people who have scanned individual patterns to sell even though the book is still in print.

I also get real fucking salty about people selling patterns that can be bought directly from the company or person who wrote them in the first fucking place.

THAT'S a copyright violation. Not sharing a vintage pattern you paid for because someone digitized it. Not digitizing the pattern itself.

Honestly, I get so tempted to take patterns from people who yell "I have copyright!!!" the most and just roll them out for free because 1) no you don't and 2) fuck you. Yeah, you digitized it. Thank you. But to act like you get the rights to any of it because you did that is bullshit.

Anyway, that's the copyright rant. Tip your servers.

[theamandacollection67]

1957/1958 Fall/Winter Modes Royale Pattern Book

[thewaytheywore]