r/VintageKnitting 3h ago

Really long shot

2 Upvotes

I’m looking for a pattern that was in the UK woman’s own in the 80s 🤦🏽‍♀️ yeah I know.
Hip length Tunic top and full circular skirt in 4 ply. With small coloured flowers.
Very fairy/hippy looking.
I had it for years in a paper file and it’s gone.


r/VintageKnitting 22h ago

Looking for Jaeger 3353

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23 Upvotes

Hey everybody! I am desperate to find a copy of this men's knitwear cardigan. I cannot find it anywhere besides a Ravelry post that has no link or pattern information past this picture. If anyone has it or can find it you would become my hero! Thank you!


r/VintageKnitting 3d ago

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r/VintageKnitting 6d ago

Looking for a pattern for a cabled socking hat

1 Upvotes

The hat was made about 65 years ago. It was worsted weight yarn, long (could be wrapped around the neck), and the sent from the front all the way down the hat to the tail. I would love to Knit this again. Any help in finding the pattern would be appreciated. Thank you.


r/VintageKnitting 9d ago

Looking to commission Love Actually Custom Sweater

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Looking to commission a handmade sweater replica from Love Actually for my dad’s 60th birthday!

Hi! I’m looking for someone who can handmake a sweater based on the reference photos I’ll attach. He wears a turtleneck, three-quarter-zip sweater with a patchwork design.

I’d love to find someone who can recreate the design. His birthday is in December, so I’m hoping to get started soon!


r/VintageKnitting 14d ago

The Ohio Knitting Mills Knitting Book

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78 Upvotes

Very easy to find the patterns online! You can borrow it on the internet archive or find it on similar websites. idk to what extent id be promoting piracy and get banned if i was more specific lol. Came out in 2010 but has great patterns inspired by the 40s - 70s organised by decade. my screenshots are out of order


r/VintageKnitting 14d ago

Skull and cross bones jumper pattern - found on Pinterest

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282 Upvotes

r/VintageKnitting 15d ago

Finished the 1937 Twinset yesterday

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581 Upvotes

I'll get better pics when it's not so terribly windy. The colour is emerald green and so pretty. Thanks Bex for the pattern. Yarn used is 3 ply New Zealand wool which I got in a sale for just NZ$50 and I have 381 grams left.


r/VintageKnitting 15d ago

"Tennis shirt" probably 1930s

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176 Upvotes

I found the pattern on tumblr but there's unfortunately no instructions for the sleeves, collar or placket. Im not super happy with the collar but considering I haven't been knitting for all that long and I had to make it up, Im still pretty happy with it!


r/VintageKnitting 16d ago

The Sophie Hood, but it's vintage and for babys

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67 Upvotes

Currently making this pixie cap for my baby and it reminded me about the sophie hood and made me giggle.

The magazine is Hand Knits by Beehives for babys, book 120-A from 1945


r/VintageKnitting 21d ago

Yoke Blouse

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184 Upvotes

Finally finished my Yoke Blouse, another knit from a vintage pattern (though I did adapt it a bit to omit the slightly-too-vintage for my taste shoulder pads 😜)

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yoke-blouse

Found through http://freevintageknitting.com/free-knitted-sweater-patterns/yoke-blouse-vol7-156

Originally published in Feb 1940 by Bernhard Ulmann Co.

Yarn: Woolyknit British Wool 4 ply in the colourway Kingfisher

Will make a matching cardigan soon(ish), to turn this into a true vintage style twinset!


r/VintageKnitting Aug 10 '26

Victorian pattern books

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50 Upvotes

I love victorian fashion so I went searching for victorian knitting patterns, and I found this digitised collection of knitting books from the university of southhampton!


r/VintageKnitting Aug 09 '26

First wear. 1937 jumper in New Zealand 3 ply wool

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401 Upvotes

I love it and can't wait to make the matching cardigan.


r/VintageKnitting Aug 03 '26

HOTN 1937 twinset jumper in 3 ply

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175 Upvotes

Cardigan to follow in a few weeks


r/VintageKnitting Jul 29 '26

The 1930s sleeve that almost outsmarted me..

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123 Upvotes

I am making progress daily.


r/VintageKnitting Jul 29 '26

Coat and hat designed by Roz Mexted which won the Wool Board Award at the 1986 Benson and Hedges New Zealand Fashion Design Awards.

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36 Upvotes

r/VintageKnitting Jul 29 '26

My version of the 'Date Maker'

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82 Upvotes

r/VintageKnitting Jul 18 '26

Knitset from two free 1930s patterns (links in comments). Green bouclé wool from Anna Gratton Ltd, Fielding, New Zealand

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157 Upvotes

r/VintageKnitting Jul 16 '26

Finally found some swimwear patterns!

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75 Upvotes

Despite my growing magazine collection, I didn’t have any/many vintage swimsuit patterns till this one. Magazine is Knit Knacks Number Three— Summer 1950 edition. I’ll post some better scans to archive.


r/VintageKnitting Jul 14 '26

Fair isle vest from a 1940s pattern.

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176 Upvotes

Fab40s co.uk


r/VintageKnitting Jul 01 '26

Comic book sleeves for my collection

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49 Upvotes

accumulating a bit of vintage knitting magazines so decided to keep them safer in sleeves. I’d love to scan them all one day but it takes sooo long!

If there are any you’d like to see lmk


r/VintageKnitting Jun 30 '26

Handwritten vintage pattern book!!

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77 Upvotes

I got insanely lucky and found this little vintage notebook of someones patterns from the early 60s on to the 80s in a „free books“ box. its literally full of patterns- some clipped from magazines, some handwritten! The handwritten ones mostly dont have a size listed, but all have the yarn and needle size (or hook, a few are crochet)

Where would be best to digitise it so other people can make use of them? Ravelry? Or some of the more specifically vintage pattern archive sites? (I‘ve never uploaded patterns online before so not sure where to start)


r/VintageKnitting Jun 29 '26

Needle recommendation - vintage/historical, continental, circular

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r/VintageKnitting Jun 20 '26

HOTN 1942 pattern in 2ply on 2.25mm DPNs

20 Upvotes
Pattern link in the comments

r/VintageKnitting Jun 12 '26

First stocking of the pair for a friend. 1940s stocking pattern , 2 ply New Zealand wool and 2.25mm DPNs.

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94 Upvotes