Vogue’s Knitting Book 7th Edition, 1946
The cover features a lovely cream-colored coat and boasts “over 50 new designs”…”in 12 sizes”!
Turns out, the 12 sizes are for the classic sweaters that come sized for kids, women, and men. But, those patterns come in the nifty column-style layout that I found in the Beehive book I last reviewed.
Most of the magazine is black and white, but there are several color pages. A couple are advertisements, but a few feature items to knit:
This top I found somewhat interesting. It’s knit in two pieces. Fortunately, they are sewn together, so you don’t have to simply hope it will stay in place. Of course, you have to sew in the shoulder pads too. I think every pattern called for shoulder pads. Knit it in white, and it could be football padding.
I found the stitch on this sweater to be very interesting. It’s called the ribbon stitch. Might be fun for a scarf.
There were a number of vests. And, I always knit matching gloves….
There was a whole section featuring lacy fashion gloves. Watch me make these keys disappear…
And these ones had a cuff you could roll up!
Most of the ads were rather boring. Mostly for yarns. A few for knitting and sewing tools. But I loved this Susan Bates ad for a children’s knitting kit. Maybe she’s just earnestly concentrating, but that little girl doesn’t look too happy to me. Perhaps it’s the awkward underhand method of holding her needles.
Finally, please someone tell me that this illustration captures the scene at home when you are knitting….
In the end, there were a couple of things that I might try in the future. One is to play around with that ribbon stitch and see what becomes of it. The other is a pair of spiral, no-heel, baby socks. Of course, I have to make a dent in that WIP list I just shared first.
March 11th, 2007 at 8:34 am
I am interested in the history of Vogue Knitting — there’s been a lot about it in my blog this week, because I am Spending the Kids’ Inheritance on eBay, buying old copies. I don’t think there was a VK in the 70’s. I’d be interested to know what the earliest post-70’s issue you have was, and whether the editor’s letter says anything relevant.
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March 18th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Those fashion gloves? Until the late fifties women had to wear gloves whenever they went into the city or anywhere, really out of their neighborhood. Hats, too. I owned several pairs of gloves when I was a kid because I had to wear them to church, and whenever my grandmother took me out anywhere.
I was just waiting to be old enough to wear black elbow or opera length evening gloves, but you know what? They were totally out before I did!
March 25th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
I am looking for an afghan pattern with a breast cancer ribbon worked into it. Someone thought they had seen on in a fall issue of Vogue. Could you please tell me if there is a pattern. My best friend has breast cancer and I want to make her an afghan. I looked everywhere and cannot find one. Thank you for your help/