spotted

I spotted this little gem of a book from Etsy seller, Duke Street Duchess and knew it had to be mine.

Not often you get a vintage book in such great condition and the patterns and photographs are fabulous.  Here's a little round-up of the those particularly fetching (I could honestly post the whole book but that would probably be wrong....).

Loving the pattern names.

 The knitted menswear section is truly marvellous (gosh, did I just say that!) - each of them look fantastic.

And one or two scary looking babies thrown in for good measure.

Something that I haven't seen for a while (and maybe that's because we're no longer living in wartime) is ideas on re-using yarn.  There's a whole section on how to knit with old yarn, with some rather sage advice : "Not one scrap of wool or woollen fabric, however small, should be thrown away now that wool is so precious." 

 

 I have never actually knitted a vintage pattern before, I hear it can be a little tricky, but I'm prepared to give a few of these a go.  The knitted ladies vintage jersies and cardies are lovely and fitted.   

If anyone has any experience with vintage patterns, would love to hear any tips and suggestions.