At last, a sunny day peeks through the winter clouds here in Sydney - quick, get your hand washing out! It also means I can persuade Jakk to take some finished object photos. Remember last year I said I'd like to use Berroco Phinney as a base to vintage-ify a...
I came so close to frogging this jumper after I had knit all the pieces as it didnt look like I'd imagined - five months work down the drain. Thankfully, Jakk convinced me to sew it together and try it on with the right skirt before giving...
I was really excited when I heard about this book on Ravelry - I pre-ordered straight away and it arrived (early) last night! Knit Back in Time (or Vintage Design Workshop, if you're in the US) is written by blog author Gerry Warner from Skiff Vintage,...
This jumper nearly killed me - I had a lot of issues with the instructions as well as my own mistakes. I tinked, frogged and ripped back more times than I can count (this was supposed to be a quick knit - 4 weeks in my mind!). Then...
"Knit Vintage - more than 20 patterns from starlet sweaters & other knitwear from the 1930s, 1940s & 1950s" by Madeline Weston and Rita Taylor I pre-ordered this book on a whim (looking for vintage knitting books on Book Depository), even though I couldn't find any reviews or photographs...
Have you ever wondered what colour 'Ionian Green' is? What about 'Thrift' or 'Larkspur'? Here's a colour card from 1938 - 'the Latest Shades for Bathing Costumes & Sports Wear' that I couldnt wait to share with you! Its a lovely look at what colours were popular...