Show us your vintage knitting and crochet!

[Lady Day]

Wow, I'm so jealous of you gal's work. I wish I could knit. I am in desperate need of some knitwear.

LD

 

[Ms Sew-n-Sew]

That is so completely lovely, Smuterella! I have that book, but not sure my skills are quite up to the challenges within just yet.

 

[Smuterella]

Thanks - that is the easiest knt in there, by far.

Just finished this from a 50's pattern:

more pics on my blog (in signature)

 

[kamikat]

Wow!!! You're so fast! I'm jealous. I takes me at least a month to knit a single ankle sock.

 

[Smuterella]

No, these have been sitting about waiting to be seamed for a while! I hate seaming.

 

[Miss Sis]

I too have taken up the needles again. Some that I've recently finished:

This one has been on the go for about, oh, seven or eight years! I've made many things in between, but finally pushed myself to finish it. Mostly, like Smuterella says, it's the sitting about waiting to get sewn up. I combined several patterns for this one.

Detail of the yoke.

And a man's waistcoat. It was going to be a cardigan but I didn't have enough of the vintage wool to add the sleeves. Still need to find the perfect buttons for this.

 

[Lauren]

Wow! Those look amazing, Miss Sis!

 

[Miss Tuppence]

Detail of the yoke.

Severn years! Wow that is some time, but at least what we wear doesn’t go out of fashion! To get over the horrors of the dreaded sewing up on my latest project, I have sewn the bits up as I have gone along, so it’s no mammoth task at the end of knitting and it works too!

Oh, and you have just reminded me to finish the man’s waistcoat that I’d started knitting in the spring- only needs the armbands…..
... Smuterella. like I've already said on your blog, lovely bit of knitting there- the coulour is yummy. Very much like the colour I’m using for my suit, though mine may have more pink in- it’s quite bright!
Tups x

 

[Amie]

Amazing that it looks so even after so many years, but maybe that's mainly a crochet problem.

 

[Smuterella]

I have sewn the bits up as I have gone along, so it’s no mammoth task at the end of knitting and it works too!

Tups, are you blocking as you go?

 

[Miss Sis]

Amazing that it looks so even after so many years, but maybe that's mainly a crochet problem.

Most of the knitting got done in one go, except the front. There might be a slight line where I left it on the needles so long! I don't seem to have too much of a problem with that.
Most of it was just waiting round to get sewn up. I hate sewing up. With a passion.

I have another project on the go as we speak, a 1930s cardigan. I hope to have that done by the New Year, if all goes well.

 

[Miss Tuppence]

Tups, are you blocking as you go?

Nah, I'm very naughty and never block my knitting- I may give it a press at the end if it looks in need! The king of the knitting world, James Norbury would be turning in his grave….

 

[Smuterella]

I must admit I've block some things and not others and haven't really noticed a difference either way. I'm sure its useful for lace knits but for most things it doesn't seem too necessary.

 

[BoPeep]

phew! And I was always looking over my shoulder for the Blocking Germany's WWII-era leaderships! lol I don't block unless it's quite skewed or lumpy, but then it may just need a complete rip and redo!

 

[hotrod_elf]

phew! And I was always looking over my shoulder for the Blocking Germany's WWII-era leaderships! lol I don't block unless it's quite skewed or lumpy, but then it may just need a complete rip and redo!

I'm TELLING!!!!!!!

I only block lace stuff. Most of the stuff I have recently knitted aren't vintagey in any way but I am working on a shawl for mom that is simular to the one Kat did a few pages back.

 

[sheeplady]

These are two doilies I made a while ago.

One is purple (looks more white in the photo). These are the first doilies I've ever made, the pattern was from Crochet! magazine (so it is not a vintage pattern).

With a candy dish, because candy dishes are awesome:

 

[Babydoll]

Oooh, pineapple lace is my favorite kind! I have all sorts of doily patterns with pineapples. You did a great job on getting the pineapples even, and your picots are fantastic. Well done!!

(I have pics of tons of the doilies I've made if you want to see them.)

 

[BoPeep]

I adore doilies! My mother taught me to crochet with a doily pattern. She said if I could master that teensy size, then I could do anything. After I got the hang of it (my doily was 4 ins in diameter), I promptly switched to worsted weight and started a poncho. lol I have never gone back.

 

[sheeplady]

Thanks Babydoll and BoPeep!

Babydoll- I also love pineapple lace. I have a whole book of pineapple doilies, which I have never worked from (I made these for xmas gifts, so I needed something that worked up fast since I needed to make 6 of them). I would LOVE to see your doilies! Thank you for your analysis and compliments. I am working on a lace collar right now (and a very non-vintage shawl that I haven't touched in a while).

BoPeep- I tried to start out with thread, and switched to exclusively chunky yarn too for a while (I have no idea how anyone can begin on thread, it is so unforgiving for a beginner. I am amazed that you survived the doily and still wanted to do more!). Then I got the itch to make some thread snowflakes, so I decided to try one. I never thought I would have the patience to do thread, but it almost seems to work up faster than larger yarns now.

 

[Babydoll]

Here are some of my favorites that I've made: