Just had to share this awesome find

#1

Happy New Year everyone…I was going thru my stash of “vintage” books and look what I found…Look at the price of this little goodie!!!

#2

WOW! That [I]is[/I] a find! :shock:

#3

Those patterns are timeless. Congratulations on the great find. :thumbsup: I have a few older pattern books and love them.

#4

Thats so cool! I’ve only found one old pattern, and they were mittens from Elenor Rosevelt. Those are the mittens I failed at.

#5

I love finds like that!!! I especially love that the price is printed on the cover. :thumbsup:

#6

I love the penguin mittens. When do the patterns date from?

#7

The inside of the cover is 1967!

#8

I’m gonna try the “red cable hat” on the far left, as soon as I can “blow up” the pat instructions about 200% as the book is written quite small:hug:

#9

Wonderful! Enjoy knitting those, and if you ever feel tempted to share…would love to join you in a KAL. I like the hat, the slipper…heck, all of those!

#10

I have a number of those Coats and Clark pattern books. They used to sell them in Woolworths when I worked there after school around 69-70. I still have a pineapple pattern tablecloth to finish from one of those booklets. I’m just not much into crochet right now.

#11

I am so jealous. What a find. :yay:

#12

Awwww…don’t be;) I was lucky enough to “inherit” some beautiful stuff…from a wonderful person… and that is just one of the many many…Gosh, you should see my crochet stuff:heart:

#13

I would love to share…How do I start a KAL?:hug:

#14

:shock: OMG! I HAD THAT BOOK!! In fact, it was one of the very first books I ever had about knitting! I made the mock-cable hat (blue hat on the back page) and the embroidered mittens! And I remember trying to make the cabled slipper socks (blue with red and white cables on the front page), but couldn’t figure it out! After all, I was only about 12 and no one else in my family could help me!

What memories!

#15

cloud9 :muah:

#16

Holy crap… those blue flamed boot things… sooooo awesome… I’m gonna faint… If you’re not willing to share for free, I’d gladly buy a copy of the pattern from you! And those would be the project that I would knit for [I]myself[/I]! :inlove: Whaddya say?

Grrreat find!!!

BTW, you’ve inspired me; I searched “vintage knitting patterns” on ebay and I think I need to put the computer down for a bit. Wow.

#17

I would be glad to “share” with you…I just need to “blow Up” the pat…(umm soon as all this holiday put-stuff-away) phase is over…heck that book is nothing…you should see my other stuff!!!I purchased (On CD) vintage patterns from www.vintage-crochet-patterns.com they are awesome and very inexpensive…check it out…

#18

I love anything VINTAGE. For purely nostalgic reasons, I buy Vintage straights & circs off Ebay. I particularly love the old packaging, too! It is so “sigh” when you see a price sticker on a set of old circs that says 29 cents. Sigh.

#19

Cheley, thanks! And Artlady, I agree.
Knitting never goes out of style!