You can watch a video on how I sized up and knitted this jumper from 1945 on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/sWi10EUWTpQ?si=zu08WrCtQl4KGB8p Recently I went through and organised my yarn stash, cataloguing every ball and skein including the amount, colour, ply and tension, so at a glance I could see what I already owned when I was going to knit a new project. This was to help me stop overspending and overconsuming craft supplies and to use up what I already had. Aft

Finding vintage knitting patterns to fit over a 34-36 inch/86-91.5 cm chest can be a hard slog, however www.subversivefemme.com has free patterns from the 1920s-1960s available on her website, including vintage patterns for busts over 38 inches/96.5 cm. Below are images and links to six patterns from the 1930s to fit a 40 inch/101.5 cm bust and over. 1930s Cardigan with Check Pattern - to fit 46 inch / 117 cm chest Curvy Month 8: 1930s Cardigan with Check Pattern - Subversiv

This is another beautiful 1940s pattern from my own collection and the third vintage knit I sized up for myself. Though the design looks complicated, the whole jumper is knitted in moss stitch, and the criss-cross pattern is achieved by threading the coloured yarn through the purl stitches. The pattern asks for UK no.9 needles which in metric 3.75mm needles, and originally uses 3 ply yarn, but based on the needle size and tension given, I bought a 4 ply cone of lambswool from