Last year was a bit mental so very little blogging was done, especially in the later part of the year. This year is likely to be equally busy and stressful – but now I have a desk where my computer can be set up permanently which makes a huge difference. Something that…
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Retro Monday – Australian Home Journal February 1958
Today’s Retro Monday is nothing more than an opportunity to drool over the front cover of the February 1958 edition of Australian Home Journal. I only have a handful of these magazines, and I’m lucky enough to have copies with the original paper dress patterns intact. This means that I have patterns…
Retro Monday – Some beautiful menswear
Today’s Retro Monday features a pattern booklet from the 1950s. This is probably my favourite booklet of menswear in my collection – every pattern is just beautiful. I think this one is from the early to mid 50s based on the fonts used on the front cover, the slightly quiffy haircuts on the man in…
Retro Monday – Accessories from the 1940s
Now I’m living a town that sees snow every Winter, I’ve become very interested in hats, scarves and gloves. I haven’t knit any gloves with fingers before – only mittens and fingerless mitts. I get the feeling that it might be a good idea to start knitting “real” gloves, with full length…
Cosy Koalas
It was fifteen months ago that I first posted about a 1936 pattern for a koala tea cosy. Although he looks nothing like the picture on the pattern, he turned out quite well. I decided to make him a little branch of flowering gum to hold onto and stitch it to his paws….
Retro Monday – Woolcraft
Patons Woolcraft is a booklet of knitting and crochet patterns and instructions that has been published in various versions since the 1930’s. A current version is available but it seems to be a British edition – so I’ve only seen it in online shops. I have three different editions which were all published…