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Inspired by the vintage lace pattern in the Loop-d-Loop sweater, I ordered some vintage knitting patterns to lovingly look at and hopefully utilize at some point in the future. It’s amazing how modern some of these sweaters look, even from the 20’s and before. Here is a selection of the patterns that I will be getting in the mail - they are from a Bear Brand pattern book and a Minerva pattern book.

I plan on making two of these sweaters for definite sure, can you guess which ones?

By the way, I ordered these from Iva Rose Vintage Reproductions. She has an amazingly large collection of vintage patterns - it’s actually a little overwhelming. You can also check out Yesterknits (it’s based in Scotland) for another crazily-large collection of patterns, although I haven’t ordered anything from them as of yet.

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As beautiful as much of the knit clothing was (I especially like the styles from the 20’s - sporty! and the 30’s - v. feminine), apparently women of the past had also to deal with their own brand of fugly.

Hm. What would have been the pre-world-war saying for “WTF”?