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Showing posts with label Guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guide. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Free Monthly Pattern for November (hand sewing)
This month's pattern features a great idea for fancifying any outfit. From the late 1920s or early 1930s, this guide sheet will help you make any holiday outfit glamourous. The flower "cascades" are made from stiff organdie and require some hand sewing, The chrysanthemums look pretty easy to make.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Needle Sizings
If you have looked at any vintage pattern, especially those from the turn of the century (last one, not this one), you know what a pain it can be to determine what needle size the pattern is asking for.
We have had conversations with people asking about needle sizes required by some of our patterns and often comes down to determining when the pattern was written and the researching the type of yarn called for in the pattern. Generally, the yarn is pretty small and the needle sizes are a blindingly small size as well.
Alison ran across these cool charts from the early 1900's that show needle sizes called for in some of our really old patterns. We have put them in pdf file so you can download these little nuggets of vintage-ness.
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| From a Patons & Baldwin's pattern book, early 1900s. |
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| Taken from a Fleisher's pattern book. circa 1917. |
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| Taken from a Fleisher's pattern book. circa 1917. |
Friday, November 30, 2012
"Knit to Fit" Sizing Chart - Free download
As you may or may not know, vintage pattern sizing was quite a bit different from the current sizing system. Vintage sizes ran smaller (often much smaller) than modern standards. This guide will help you modify a vintage pattern.
The "Knit to Fit" Chart - A Simple and Practical Guide to Changing Sizes to Fit for Your Own Measurements is available on our Craftsy store as a free download.
The chart contains 6 pages of information to help you modify your vintage patterns. Measurements for sizes 14-16-18-20-40-42. This chart and guide will help you create custom-fitted sweaters and skirts direct from the small sizes of vintage patterns
The chart goes over the basics of extending from size 16 direct to 18, 20, 40 and 42 in knitting or crochet.
The file can be downloaded from Google docs, just click here: Take to the "Knit to Fit Guide"
The "Knit to Fit" Chart - A Simple and Practical Guide to Changing Sizes to Fit for Your Own Measurements is available on our Craftsy store as a free download.
The chart contains 6 pages of information to help you modify your vintage patterns. Measurements for sizes 14-16-18-20-40-42. This chart and guide will help you create custom-fitted sweaters and skirts direct from the small sizes of vintage patterns
The chart goes over the basics of extending from size 16 direct to 18, 20, 40 and 42 in knitting or crochet.
The file can be downloaded from Google docs, just click here: Take to the "Knit to Fit Guide"
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