Ladies and Gentlemen, the lovely and talented Kath:
Looks just like World War II Britain doesn’t?
Here is the scene in vivid Technicolor:
Kath is wearing her version of the Ladies Bobble Jumper (c. early 1940s).
I am so loving the colour she has chosen, let’s take a closer look:
Fantastic!
I’ve finished the Marguerite Baby Cardigan that I started a while ago.
I’m not quite as taken by the yarn as I was initially - it’s static cling really annoyed me after a while. It’s easy to get sick of knitting three stitches then having to pause to remove your hair/cat fur/thread/etc. from the work. I [...]
One of the difficulties with working with vintage patterns is working out what materials one should use given the original pattern was written for something that is no longer produced and about which it is not easy to find information. Most of the vintage patterns I have specify a weight for the amount of yarn [...]
