The Vintage Knitting Obsession Continues
Happy New Year! No New Years Resolutions over here (giving myself a break during COVID), but, I am happy to report that my obsession with knitting and vintage knitting continues. I have been watching knitting podcasts, youtube channels, and found an amazing lot of vintage knitting and crochet patterns on Ebay.
Some of the fun goodies I received in my mystery box:
This of course begs the question. Will I actually use one of these vintage patterns to knit something? The crochet edgings book could come in handy as I work on my Ruby May quilt, but I can barely crochet with modern instructions, will I really be able to crochet from vintage instructions? Stay tuned….
Resources on vintage knitting and knitting patterns:
Websites
Antique Pattern Library: Free downloadable PDFs of antique patterns that are no longer copyrighted.
Ravelry: They have discussion groups and patterns in their library.
Vintage Knitting Pattern Archive: This site is a fabulous, well-organized, and easily searched archive of vintage knitting and crochet patterns. The site owner asks for a donation in lieu of payment for these patterns.
Ebay & Etsy: Thousands of vintage knitting patterns in both original condition and PDFs for sale.
Podcasts/YouTube Channels
There are not a lot of youtube channels where makers demonstrate knitting from antique/vintage patterns. Both of these amazing women make projects from vintage patterns and explain how they approach using older patterns.