Knitting Patterns through time.
Knit one pearl one - Get knitting.
Looks like the good old days are coming back. Art, crafting and crafts, knitting and crochet are amongst the popular things to do these days. Craft Markets, Arts and Craft Fairs & Exhibitions show casing all manner of clever ideas and home-made designs have been drawing the crowds at local markets & events.
We recently saw champion diver Tom Daley knitting for Great Britain at the Olympics. Tis now the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" so maybe time to hunker down and learn a new hobby.
I have spent many hours in the past just hanging around waiting so knitting was a favourite thing to pass away the time and create something special.
I watched my mother knitting for us when we were kids, we used to hold the skein of wool out on our hands which she then wound into a ball/ (traditionally the yarn used to come off the loom in strands in days gone by) She then got a knitting machine, not quite as relaxing as the thread always got tied up in the metal teeth. I think my first venture was a dark green “Sloppy Joe” (i.e. a big long jumper worn with a pair of Levi 501s.
Learn how to do a simple 'knit one pearl' and the rest is easy, Baby bootees, little baby cardies and mittens were added to the list of simple designs before I went on to complex cable knitting, I made lots of chunky knit jumpers, long line cardigans and the wonderful poncho below when Aran knits were all the rage, free from restriction, the poncho was a relaxing warming item for maternity wear. I still have it somewhere, and the beanie, the styles never go out of fashion.
As written in my previous post Waistcoats are back, they were a staple in the 40s and 60s, returned in the late 80s 90s when mannish boy fashion had its moment, shirts waistcoats, tweed men's tweed jackets (or Hacking Jacket) Jaeger camel, brown or black velvet skirts or jeans. Borrowing the boyfriends jackets and suit waistcoats were the norm for smart stylish workwear A black velvet waistcoat and skirt worn with white/silver frill blouses were perfect for special occasions.
Move on to 2007 and that boatman style Faroe Islands knit became iconic in the first Scandi Noir 'The Killing'. The black and white design with a simple star/snowflake pattern was worn by Detective Inspector Sara Lund in all three seasons of the award winning series.
I knitted the selection of coloured waistcoats pictured below all still in good condition so it proves you should never throw away good stuff as fashion trends follow a pattern “what goes around comes around".
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Ode to Autumn ' Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' - Poem by John Keats
Scandi Noir 'The Killing' - The series is set in Copenhagen and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen
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