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

Back to 2023 when I still had waist length hair, I wanted to wear my hair in vintage styles without having to having to have it cut. Back in the 1920s and 30s when bobbed and short hair became fashionable, a number of women with long hair didn't want to chop off their locks, and there were several articles from the time showing women how to achieve a bob hair style without the need for scissors. Below is a step by step of how I did a vintage faux bob style on my long hair. Eq

Ever since I made a turban from a 1940s pattern ( Sewing a 1940s turban from a dress ) , I thought it would look great as a knitted version for colder weather. This sparked the idea to write a knitting pattern for one, which in turn set me off on a journey researching stitch patterns, relearning the importance of gauge, tracking down a tech editor and organising my first ever test knit group. The original sewing pattern had the 'tails' of the turban double sided, so no matter