welcome!

Armed with a scanner, a laptop, and one last summer of leisure before diving into the full-time-student world, I'm setting out to archive the best (and maybe some of the kookiest) of my collection of patterns past. Enjoy!

what's new?

1 SEPTEMBER 2009: Nine new patterns today - 4 from a 1960 Vogue Knitting, and 5 from the 1940s, including one for the guys. Enjoy!

vintage knitting tips

If you're a fan of vintage knitting, you probably already know that clothing sizes, needle sizes, and yarns are far different than what they were 50-80+ years ago. As an example, here are 2 size charts, taken directly from some of the books I've scanned:

1940s:


1960:


An excellent resource for needle conversion and yarn information is the Vintage Knitting Tips e-book offered for free by Skiff Vintage Knitting Patterns (and if you share my love of vintage knitting, be sure to check out her offerings!).