Tag: knitting

VINTAGE KNITTING AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY…

wool

I bet you didn’t know that The British Library has thousands of vintage and modern knitting patterns in its collections from hair accessories from the 30’s to woollen hot pants from the 70’s.

The British Library held a Spring Festival last week with overt 5 days of creativity, fashion and design at the Library, where over 1,500 people took part, and highlighted a pop up market and exhibition of digital graffiti and vintage knitting.

You can watch the video on the knitting enthusiasts day at http://vimeo.com/37891522 from Buzz Films. Knitting fans met some of the curators and saw some of the period patterns from the Library’s collections and they also made some of their own creations.

Cushion

HOME MADE CUSHIONS…

Cushion

As you know I bought a large (400g) ball of wool to keep me busy after my foot surgery and the first thing I knitted was a cushion cover (see above).

I’d originally planned to knit a throw but soon realised that I would get bored of knitting all the squares and decided to try a cushion cover instead.

simple knits

I have a lovely book which has some lovely patterns for your home called ‘Simple knits for easy living’, by Erika Knight (see above, available from Amazon) which has superb pictures to inspire you and easy to follow patterns.

Of course cushion covers don’t have to be knitted covers, it’s just quite fashionable at the moment. However, ‘cushions’ especially ‘heart shaped’ are just about everywhere.

I bought the small heart shaped one below that says ‘Thanks’ on it for a friend to give her after a party she held. It’s little ones like that which can come in very handy as gifts to people and could be made up of old bits of fabric or even clothes you no longer wear.

xmas home

There is a brilliant website http://www.cushionsandmore.com/cushion-patterns.html which has patterns and details on every type of cushion you could ever think of, from pin cushions to floor cushions.

I’m definitely going to make some small heart cushions with ‘Thanks’ and ‘Get Well Soon’ and ‘Happy Birthday’ on them as it makes a change from a bunch of flowers and you will always need them.