Is there anyone who crochets who doesn't love vintage crochet patterns? I doubt it.
The 'Learn to crochet' booklet is something else. 'Learn to Crochet' it says and, inside, it does indeed have instructions and diagrams that will help you learn to crochet. But then, does it start you off with some nice easy projects? Simple granny squares and the like?
Does it hell. You are straight into crocheting with thread and tiny 1.0mm hooks. Expectations must have been higher in the 1960s!
The first project in the booklet is for a patterned blouse that involves crocheting with No. 10 thread and a 1.5mm hook...
Imagine that as your very first crochet project. Who has the time and the patience?
Elsewhere there are patterns for crochet collars, handbags, edgings for your hankies or aprons and a couple of doilies.
I do love this tray cloth and wonder whether this motif might make a lovely blanket if done in a single colour (and with thicker yarn and a bigger hook, of course).
I also rather like this headband
And look at these - I'm going to show it to the Mr and tell him that real men wear crocheted ties.
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This ties are fab! Love the doily too, though like you say a nice super chunky yarn and an 8mm hook would be better on the hands! Lovely finds. x
ReplyDelete*those ties!
DeleteLet us know if he is man enough to wear a crochet tie!! Happy you found the vintage pattern books. I like them too.
ReplyDeleteSo this is what used to happen when there were only two tv channels! Make the tie - I DARE you x Jane
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant book! I think that pattern would make a gorgeous blanket but I expect you'll be starting on the tie this evening! ;)
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The tea tray is lovely ... I can see it as a cushion cover in a single colour over a cushion that is covered in a different colour fabric. If you see what I mean.
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That's what you call a good day thrifting!! I love the headband, so do share the pattern (plzzze). Well the ties, they had me in stitches, CLASSIC!! I will be informing the hubby that it may be my next project - heehee.
ReplyDeleteI love vintage patterns too!
ReplyDeleteAt some point I inherited a magazine from the 60s-70s era, and it was slightly falling apart so I took each page and laminated it and put them all in a binder. I felt like I won the lottery!
Cool! What a find, x
ReplyDeleteI have that front one!
ReplyDeleteI've been knitting forever but always wanted to crochet. I found that booklet in a car boot sale a couple of years ago and it finally made sense. Never actually made anything from it if I recall correctly, but the patterns are great, and the ""learn to instructions spot on. Like you say, lots of time and patience needed!
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OOh I love this sort of thing and was lucky enough to find a good batch of vintage crochet patterns in a charity shop a few weeks back. I love the ties too but I noticed there is a pattern for a crochet mini granny square tie in latest issue of Inside Crochet (39) Quite right that they should come back into fashion!!
ReplyDeleteI do love those ties! :) A Father's Day present perhaps?! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
lol I think I have that lite green one somewhere it looks so familiar ... with love Janice
ReplyDeleteVintage pattern books are so interesting and daunting.
ReplyDeleteI have one from my nanna and it is ALL thread. Have not even tried lol
brilliant!
ReplyDeleteNow I get it I spend ages looking at my Grandma's doilies wondering just how long each one would take her.
Good find
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(cleggy has a knitted tie...not sure he's ever worn it though)
I remember my parents having tray cloths like that back in the 50s and 60s - but I doubt my mother made them herself!! I remember that she knitted and embroidered, but she didn't crochet - which is probably why I didn't learn until last year!!!
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I have that same book! And a collection of vintage knitting booklets too with men sporting knitted ties, pipes and guns. Love them so. I can see that pattern as a blanket for sure. Not sure I would have gotten too far with my crochet if expectations had been so high when I began! I was thrilled to make a single granny square, let alone a top. Great finds. :)
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I ever crocheted was a tray cloth, tiny hook and thin thread but I finished it and I was only 18 and had just been taught by my Aunt Gwen. I am so pleased that I still have the skill.
ReplyDeleteCrochet ties? I think not!
I was given the learn to crochet book by a friend of the family and loved it....it's very retro
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