In the previous Retro Monday post, I featured some styles from the early sixties and I remarked that they were fairly typical of what 60’s women’s wear looked like before it got all cutesy. Well, this week’s patterns are good examples of the cutesy look I was referring to. These dresses are from…
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Retro Monday – Synthetic Style
It’s been AGES since my last post – a combination of a crazy work schedule and an antarctic winter in Ballan makes it hard to find time for blogging. But now I’m off work with the plague. I don’t have the energy to knit but I can certainly type a few paragraphs….
Retro Monday – Reynolds Lopi
This week’s Retro Monday looks like the late 60’s or early 70’s to me. As is usual with vintage patterns there is no publication date so have to take queues from the fashion and styling. The patterns combine traditional Icelandic colourwork with some of the worst crimes of fashion. Fringed vests, ponchos and…
Retro Monday – Twinprufe Children’s Wear
Today’s patterns are from the mid-1950’s – when children’s wear for the over-tens looked a lot like small versions of adult clothing. There might be novelty buttons or a cute pocket applique, but generally speaking, once children were out of nursery school their clothes didn’t look especially childish. The jumpers below are quite typical…
Retro Monday – Knitted Bed Jackets
A bed jacket used to be a very handy thing to have. If there was chance that a member of your own family might see you sitting up in bed drinking tea, you could pop on your bed jacket and avoid some form of terrible, unspecified embarrassment. These days being seen wearing…
Stuffing around at the Mill Markets in Daylesford
I’ve been back at work for two weeks now and my holiday had definitely worn off. We went on a few day trips during our time off including a drive up to Daylesford to visit the Mill Markets. There are Mill Markets in Geelong, Daylesford and Ballarat and they are very similar to…