Phildar Phildar No 79 Mailles Layette Knitting Crochet Book for babies 3 to 24 month

Today I go thrift store shopping with my hubby, we find a lot of goodies.  I find 6 vintage knitting crochet patterns books that I really like.  I will keep 3 of them, the other 3 are for sale.

Here is the one for sale:
Phildar No 79 Mailles Layette Knitting Crochet Book  from 1980

or you can buy it from ETSY.

Sekai No Amimono / 世界の編物

I really love this issue, there are a lot of patterns that I plan to crochet.

Richmore Best Eye's Collection Vol 105

This is Richmore Best Eye's Collection Vol 105, the patterns of this crochet/ knitting magazine are more edgy than most Japanese crochet/ knitting books.  I like some of the patterns, but I don't like the yarns they used.  I saw several projects on Ravelry from this magazine are very pretty, they used different yarns.  They look much better than the magazine.  I can't wait to start some projects from this magazine.  But I am still working on the cardigan from 1974 Japanese Crochet Book.  Hopefully, I will finish this cardigan in a month. 

I plan to make the left one.

DIY Blocking Board

Recently I start to crochet garment, but I never block any of my garment, until now, I really think blocking will help the finishing look.

I saw my LYS selling blocking board for $90, it is too much for me. Then I found few websites that teach you how to make your own. So my hubby and I decide to make our own too.

We found a board from "Scrape Exchange", which is like a craft thrift store. The board is only $2, we believe that board is a panel for office cubicle. I took pics of the back, you can see the labels. And then we went to JoAnn to get the fabric, it costs about $3.50. So the total cost is less than $6. It is much better than paying $90.

I just used it to block my new cardigan. So far it works great.

The label on the back.

The label on the back.

The Back.

The Front. (My hubby is so proud of himself, coz he is the one found the board)

Finish look!

More Vintage Knitting/Crochet Patterns

I got more knitting and crochet patterns last Sat, some are as old as 1940s. I was so excited to find those patterns. The patterns from 40s, I don't think I would crochet or knit them, except couple baby dresses. Most of the patterns are household items or doilies.

But I also got some from 70s, very cute and nice baby clothes patterns, I can't wait to knit or crochet them. I also got some sweaters pattern from 70s and 80s, some are really cute.

I just resized the pics of 40s patterns, will post the rest this weekend.

Treasure at Thrift Store

I always like vintage style clothes, I love their unique and classy styles. Since now I start to crochet garment and teach myself to knit, I start to look for vintage crochet and knitting pattern books, magazine or booklets etc.

Last week, Jonathan and I went to a thrift store, I found 2 old "Vogue Knitting" magazine from 2000. But that thrift store doesn't have anything old. And this afternoon, I went to a thrift store across street from my work, I found a tons of vintage knitting and crochet pattern magazines and booklets. I was thrilled. I bought 9 magazines/booklet for about $5, they are from 70s to 80s. Not really old, but most of the patterns are very fashionable, and some of them are very old-fashioned, but still it is fun to read.

One of the booklet is teach you how to knit seamless raglans, it is my favorite, it teaches from 9 months to size 50. The booklet is published by Leisure Arts at 1979.

My second favorite is Patons Cotton Top Collection, because they have a lot of crochet patterns, and they are very cute and easy to crochet, this is the only one that have crochet patterns.

My third favorite is Reynolds Booklet, I always want a Open-collared Pullover sweater (the white one) like this, it is so classy and basic, it looks great with jeans!!


My forth favorite is Pingouin Magazine No.44, the whole magazine is all about children (for 2, 4 and 6 years old). But the patterns are very cute and stylish, of course, some of them are very outdated.

Also, I bought 6 skeins Unger Utopia Worsted Weight Yarns for $5.99, I just checked the price online, it is normally about $3.49 per skein. So it is a steal!
For more pics of the rest of the vintage patterns, pls go to my flickr page:
www.flickr.com/photos/namethatcandy

Today is like a Christmas to me, except the treasure I found in a thrift store, I also received my order from knitpicks.com and books from Crafters Choice Book Club. I bought a pair regular circular knitting needle, a pair interchangeable knitting needle and 3 skeins of sport weight yarns for the baby dress which I plan to knit after my Berroco Cardigan. I can't wait to try the new needles.

And the books I bought from Crafters Choice Book Club are: Custom Knits, Contemporary Crochet and Vintage Knitwear for Modern Knitters. I love the patterns in all the books, esp the Contemporary Crochet, it seems fairly easy and fast.