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Knitting Fashions of the 1940s: Styles, Patterns and History
by
Jane Waller
A vintage collection of designs and patterns for 1940s women's knitwearto beaded sweaters. This lavish guide celebrates a decade of imaginative and stylish knitting activity. Knitting Fashions of the 1940s features more than 50 patterns that have been adapted for today's yarns and needles, from snoods to sweater sets. Patterns are presented chronologically and progress fro...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Crowood Press
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This was so incredibly fascinating. The chapters took the reader through the history of knitting in the UK during WW2, which was necessarily a look at the British home front, rationing, wartime shortages, and other wonderful bits of history.
The patterns themselves were quite intricate and way out of my skill set. They showed pictures of models from the 40s and models from now wearing the completed item, though - with few exceptions, what looked wonderful back then looked awful now. ...more
The patterns themselves were quite intricate and way out of my skill set. They showed pictures of models from the 40s and models from now wearing the completed item, though - with few exceptions, what looked wonderful back then looked awful now. ...more
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"The well-corseted girl has a figure which will last her for life, a good carriage and feet many times smaller than those of the uncontrolled."
This is one of the knitting books that Kym told me would make me extremely jealous. It did. It's really interesting having patterns and social history (albeit limited to knitting and fashion context) presented side by side in chronological order -- good stuff.
This is one of the knitting books that Kym told me would make me extremely jealous. It did. It's really interesting having patterns and social history (albeit limited to knitting and fashion context) presented side by side in chronological order -- good stuff.
Meh. The patterns weren't as glamorous as I thought they would have been.
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