Bairnswear 463: Lovely vintage summer gloves knitted in 3ply wool, try modern 4ply or cotton, there are three different patterns in this leaflet, one on 4 needles the other two on 2 needles. To fit average hand. 1940's

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

FOR FAIR ISLE HATS, GLOVES, SCARVES, BAGS AND ACCESSORIES SEE THE LADIES FAIR ISLE PAGES

Bernet54: Earcaps: Fabulous  vintage knitting pattern from 1956 for ladies ear caps or ear cosies. Easy to knit and great for a christmas gift that will get every one talking - they are realy comfy and warm to wear.Knitted in angora, double knitting, 2 styles are crochet the other 2 knitted.See Links page for angora supplier.

photocopy of all 4 £1.99

pdf £1.50

*Bestway 445: Fabulous vintage knitting pattern from teh 1940's for 4  different turbuns, two knitted and two crochet, also instructions for knitted gloves.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 512: Vintage kniting pattern for hat, mittens and lacy scarf knitted in vintage 4ply, try modern double knitting as it is knitted on 8 and 10 needles. To fit average head and hands. 1940's

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 534: A great pattern leaflet with 2 pairs of gloves, one knitted  on 4 needles and the other pair crochet, see below. This is the knitted pair.1940's

photocopy (both pairs) £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 603B: vintage crochet pattern for a string bag worked in Sylko no 5 cotton and a no 13 crochet hook. This bag folds up into a compact purse size as shown. There are other patternson this pattern see gifts page. 1930/40's

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 681: Great vintage knitting pattern for a little scull cap and scarf knitted in vintage 4ply, work tension square to see if modern double knitting might work better.1930's

photocopy £1.50

pdf £1.00

Bestway 681-2: Great vintage CROCHET pattern for 1930's beret. Worked in vintage 4ply wool, work tension square to see if wool or hook needs changing.

photocopy £1.50

pdf £1.00

Bestway 861: Fabulous vintage knitting pattern for a string shopping bag. So retro! and so very practical. There are 2 designs one is knitted the other is crochet. It suggest Macrame twine, but experiment with knitting cotton, no tension square is given but it will not take longe to work a few peices to see how it will work out in different cottons.1940's

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.99

Bestway 901: Great vintage knitting pattern for three cosy hoods for ladies, one decorated in fair isle, measuring 16, 17 and 18 inches round face. 1940's pattern in very slightly worn around edges. Very Retro for the coming winter! Sound and clean ( SEE LADIES FAIR ISLE HATS AND GLOVES ON THE LADIES FAIR ISLE PAGES)

Pattern as shown £2.50

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 1143.Three smart bags from the 1940's knitted and crochet in wool and rayon. Fabulous pattern in super condition.

original pattern as shown £6.25

Quality Photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 1233: Dainty summer glovves, for that chilly special occassion knitted on 2 needles in cotton, this is a small size, but by changing the needles to a larger size you will get a bigger size glove.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 1550: This is a CROCHET pattern for dainty summer gloves suitable for a christening, wedding or garden party. Knitted in no. 50 cotton and a number 4 (imperial) hookThe gloves are 6 to 6.5 size

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 1583: Great vintage knitting pattern for ladies gloves knitted in silk, rayon or cotton, there are two designs.  Lovely for a summer wedding, christening or garden party - warm and elegant. Knitted on two needles.1940's

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 1896:  Lovely vintage knitting pattern for lacey gloves for that sepecial occassion, fabulous for a wedding or garden party. 1940's CROCHET in rayon, or modern synthetic yarn or fabulous in silk yarn. More crochet patterns coming soon on their own page.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 2344:  This vintage knitting pattern is for 2 hats in CROCHET candlewick cotton is used, this I assume is thicker than the normal cotton used for crochet as a no 5 hook (old sizing) is used. Quick and easy to make. 1950's pattern in great condition.

pattern as shown £3.25

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway A2485: Great vintage knitting pattern. Soft Floaty scarves in cobweb shetland wool or try cobweb alpaca, see wool pages. Also included in this pattern instructions for 2 jumpers also in cobweb - email for address of cobweb shetland wool suppliers - or try 2ply synthetic yarn Jumpers to fit 34"-36" bust.If you do a tension square with mosern 3ply you could find with a change of needle this works especially for the scarves, remember tht to keep the float nature of the scarf, bigger needles than you think should be used to keep the yarn soft and flexable.

pattern as shown £2.25

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway A2854: Vintage pattern from the 1950's for 12 different designs of Alice Band Hats.Pattern in fabulous condition. See pictures below for other designs in this leaflet.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway A2854:  Here are 5 designs of the above pattern.  Knitted in 3ply, poodle wool and angora.

photocopy £1.99 (all 12 designs)

pdf £1.50 (all 12 designs)

Bestway A2854: Here are the other designs on the above pattern in 3ply and angora.

Bestway B2861: Vintage knitting pattern for bobble hat and scarf with stripes knitted in double knitting.  Instructions for toddler size, school children size and adult size. Very easy to  knit.  Toddler size takes only 2 50g balls and the childs 3 balls and the adults 4 balls. 1950's pattern

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway A2868: Vintage knittting pattern for gloves knitted on two needls in 3ply from 2oz or 56g. 1950's pattern in very good condition.

Pattern as shown £2.25

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3025: Great vintage knitting pattern for fashionable beret in double knitting, with gloves too. 1950's

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3035: 12 fabulous vintage knitting designs for hats all based on this simple to knit design pattern from the early 1950's - stunning selection, all knitted in double knitting. Pattern in very good condition.

Pattern as shown £4.50

quality photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3061: Vintage knitting pattern for beret and elf hat in double knitting, both in simple stiches, easy to knit.  Measurements 18" stretching up to 22" when worn. 1950's pattern in great condition.

Pattern as shown £3.50

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3062: Great vintage, retro knitting pattern. How about this for something diffrent on those cold winter days - or may be nights! Ladies balaclava and mittens in double knitting. Can be knitted in poodle wool or similar. small size takes 20z. the 2nd size takes 3oz and the adults 3oz 1950's pattern in very good condition.

pattern as shown £2.00

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3156: Fabulous vintage knitting patern for gloves, hat and bag in angora - it takes less than 3oz of angora or less than 90g. Work tenison square to see if you need to use different size needles. Can be knitted in double knitting wool, but again check tension, modern 4ply might work better.The bag closures can still be bought online through ebay or from some craft outlets or you could use wooden handles or a tie top by making a row or holes at the top edge as you knit.See Links page for angora supplier.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway B3164: Fabulous vintage knitting patten for truban style hats in 8 diffeerent variations, knitted in 4ply, double knitting and angora (4ply). So easy to knit just a strip of brioche rib that is secured to a gold ring (curtain) about 1" in diameter.If you cannot crochet the ends to the ring, you can oversew them on to cover the gold ring.Most of  the designs requre 20z or 60g of wool. See puctures below for the variations in this pattern, The photocopy and pdf price is for all 8 variations.

colour photocopy (front pageof this pattern is in colour ) £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bestway 3355: Great vintage knitting pattern for very fashionable hats! Knitted in mohair, there are instructions for the beret, Jelly Bag hat,  polo mode hat and hat with a brim. all 4 take 2oz or less of mohair/wool mix called Caprine, but try any modern mohair mix, but work a tension square first to make sure theat you get the same tension or change the needle size if needed.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Bellmans 1233: Vintage knitting pattern. Fabulous collection of really retro hats from the 1960's 2 crochet and 3 knitted, all in double knitting yarn. Pattern has mark on front where a price disc has been removed, a crease to front and worn edges.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Clark and Coats 290 -1: This is a photocopy of a vintage knitting pattern for a shawl and a bolero from an  American knitting book from 1952.

photo-quality colour photocopy £2.99 (2 patterns)

pdf £1.99

Clark and Coats 290-2: This is a photococopy of stocking style cap and mittens in fair isle in 3ply (modern 4ply might knit near the size - young adult)

photo-quality colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Clark and Coats 290-3: Vintage collection of hats for the family, including a sequin adorned hood for a lady, picie hood for a youn girl and plain and pattern pull on hats for the boys. (one has a snowman/ghost tassel! great for halloween or christmas)

colour photocopy for pattern (all 4designs) £2.99

pdf £1.99

Clarks and Coats 290-4: Vintage CROCHET pattern for mule slippers.

colour photocopy £1.25

pdf £1.00

Coats & Clark 310: USA 1955: Great book with 10 differnt hats and 6 differnt bags to crochet and two hat to knit. Book is in good condition, with a little wear to edges - a conversion table for needles and hook will be included. The cover design has beads worked into it as do several of the others, you can always sew thes on afterwards.

original book as shown £6.50

pdf £3.99

Copley's 1124.  Stunning vintage knitting pattern for gloves and scarf knitted in angora See Links page for angora suppler so easy to knit! Pattern in fabulous condition. 1940's

quality photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Copley 1536: Great vintage knitting pattern for a handbag and a cluch bag. It is knitted in a yarn refered to as 'eighty-one', not sure what this was, but if gives a tension  of 7.5 stitches  and 9.5 rows to a square inch in stocking stitch  on size 12 needles - it may have been a cotton type yarn. It will be fund to experiment with different modern yarns.Possibly late 1940's, in good but worn condition with crease across the front but sound and clean.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50.

Copley 1919: Vintage knitting pattern for 4 lacy sarves in very fine wool, 2ply or 'cobweb' .Nice clean sound copy now available, no creases or marks.Try tension square and using modern 3ply yarns, keep needles size larger than you think needeed to keep the soft floaty nature of teh scarves.

pattern as shown £2.25

Colour photocopy £2.50 (6 pages)

pdf £1.99

Copley 1550: Great vintage knitting pattern for three differnt styles of hat for ladies. Knitted in vintage 3ply so try modern 4ply in a tension square. There are instructions for a fair isle bonnet, classic bonnet and halo bonnet to fit average ladies head.Wear to edges and semas with minor split to spine and one line in pen added to last pattern. 1947

original pattern as described £2.75

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 103: Another fabulous Emu pattern for fashionable 1950's hats.  These are in double knitting and take less than 100gs. There is a two colour beanie, great hat and scarf combined and little firnged pull on hat. 1950's

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 294: Fabulous vintage knitting pattern for tw different caps and scarves, on in 3ply the other in angora and 3ply.1940's

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 434: Vintage ladies hat knitting pattern in fabulous tinsel angora - sorry no longer available, but similar yarns can be found, try any 4ply with a twinkle or ordinary 4ply and add your own twinkle! vintager and modern angora is available see wool pages or email for further information. There is a glove pattern also included. 1950's

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 434: Lovely vintage knitting pattern for two pull on hats and two scarf hoods. in double knitting. 1950's

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 3176: Really retro Poncho knitting pattern in double knitting,  aran or chunky. To fit 24"-40" chest. Easy to knit and easy to wear. With or without hood. Pattern is in nice condition 1970

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Emu 2278: Vintage knitting pattern. Aran hats and gloves for all the family. 1960's 3 different patterns. Double knit and triple knit (similar to aran) Child, ladies and mens sizes, change  needles size to get smaller on the childs if needed.

photocopy £1.99

pdf£1.50

Golden Eagle 1203:  vintage knitting pattern for hats from the 1950's in double knitting. Pattern in very good condition

pattern as shown £3.00

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Greenock BX128: Lovely vintage knitting pattern for 3 scarves.  A lacy colourful one, which could be knitted in one colour, a warm one in double knitting and a vertical stripe one is knitted sideways (lengeth-wise).

pattern as shown £2.25

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Hayfield 1048:  Great vintage knitting pattern for 4 different eyles of hat, 3 berets and a pull on hat. To fit an avaeraage head. The berets take 100g each and the hat takes 150g of aran othe thicker knit wool.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Homecraft 307: Great vintage Crochet pattern. Sailor hat worked in string or unpicked wool. CROCHET. Economy series from thre 1940's. Great condition

pattern as shown £5.50

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

*Homecraft 338: Fabulous vintage hat pattern, knitted in reclaimed felt from an old hat - or you could use new modern felt cut into strips, but vintage felt is a little stiffer, Great condition, some small holes made with a needle to back page hardly noticable, from the 1940's

original pattern as described £6.50

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Jack Frost 48:  Fabulous vintage book of handbags to CROCHET in various mediums from 1945, in fabulous condition, just a few rust  marks on the back pages and wear to the spine, cover a bit loose, large format, feint crease to front. .32 pages all in black and white. This book is from the USA conversion chart included to imperial and metric hooks.There are no tension instructions so trial and error will be the way to go, using modern synthetic yarns, I know one of these yarns used was a plastic thin ribbon like yarn similar to raffia, another one was more tublular - I am sure there are substitutes out there in this wonderful age of crafts.  Cotton may also work - experiment, have fun with this fabulous book with 27 different bags.Very Collectable. Great for college and university students studying fashion and design from the early part of the 20th Century. See below for some of the patterns, others available, email for details.

whole book as pdf £5.99

but some of the patterns are available as photocopies and pdfs see below, more to come.

Jack Frost 4802: One of the fabulous bags in the book above, crochet in vintage Cordet, Soutache or Kordette,Plasik-Yon try modern yarns similar. Great for the foundation for own design in modern synthetic craft yarn-be brave have a go!1945

photocopy £1.50

pdf £1.00

Jack Frost 4812: Yarn used for this lovely bag was as above or Plastik-Yon - presumably a type of plastic yarn! CROCHET 1945

photocopy £1.50

pdf £1.00

Jack Frost 4815: Yarn as above, this timeless pattern can be adapted to use mordern craft yarns or cottons, great fun! Great for fashion college design projects! CROCHET 1945

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

*Ladyship 505: Another fabulous vintage hat knitting pattern from the 1930's. Three classic designs knitted in 4ply, try tension square to see if modern yarn needs different needles. All three designed included.

photocopy £2.99

pdf £1.99

Lavenda 305LH: Great vintage hat knitting pattern for two pull on hat designs for ladies knitted in double knitting. One with a tassel and the other with a cluster of pom-poms. Late 1940's Pattern in very good condition

original pattern as shown £3.25

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Lavenda 723: Great vintage turban style knitted hat from the 1940's. Knitted in vintage 4ply, but try modern double knitting and see if you need different needles, gloves to match. Fabulous for reinactment weekends or retro parties. So easy to knit. This pattern is in fabulous condition.

original pattern as shown £4.75

photocopy £2.99

pdf £1.99

Lavenda 784: Another vintage knitting pattern in simple turban style 1940's wartime pattern. Gloves and hat knitted in vintage 3ply, in a simple lacy pattern, so try  modern 4ply.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Lavenda 956: Great vintage knitting pattern for Dutch bonnet and gloves or mittens in vintage 3ply which is similar to modern 4ply, also included a pattern for socklets. There is a small tear to outside edge, and general wear but is clean 1940's

original pattern as described £2.75

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Lee Target 6024: Fabulous 1960's vintage knmitting pattern for fashion hats - I wore one very similar to the brushed white one in the picture to my wedding in 1965. There are 7 designs in this leaflet, see below for three more, the other one is in black and white check then brushed. Brushing is done with a teezel brush, obtainable from craft shops and some knitting shops. (used to brush soft toys)

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Lee Target 6024: Three more from the above pattern.  Great fashion hats from the 1960, this pattern has 7 different hats - so very 1960's. All in double knitting, 2 in poodle wool (there are several similar yarns on the market today) Three are brushed after knitting with a teezel brush - from any craft or knitting shop.

photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Mahonys 648: Great vintage knitting pattern for arna hats from the 1960's, for average adult head. Pattern is in great condition.

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50

Marriners 307. Lovely colour vintage knitting pattern from the 1950's all hats are knitted in double knitting. Pattern has a few creases, but is clean and sound.

Colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50  

Marriners 853: Great vintage 1960's knitting pattern for fashion hats knitted in mohair. There are instructions for the ridge crown hat, the scollop edge turban for adults, and an elf and Aussie hat for young girls.Pattern in great condition.

original pattern as shown £2.50

colour photocopy £1.99

pdf £1.50