How many of you remember/had one of these, a Tomy Hobby Girl Knitting Machine?
I never had one, but I've got one now :) all complete & only £1.50. DD is dying to have a go already & she's only 3, patience my dear, you will knit with Mommy!
10 Balls of Jaeger Angora Spun (70% angora/30% lambswool) in the original bag. This was only £2.00. I'm thinking snuggly bedsocks with some of this, it's a bit bright for anything else!
If I ever see knitting needles on the table, I always ask if they've got any patterns as they're usually shoved in a carrier under the table out of sight. This question to a very old chap turned up trumps, he asked his wife who was in their car & sure enough a large carrier of patterns was duly shoved under the table. You can have the lot for £2.00 he said. I nearly tore his hand off! This bag had her whole life's worth of knittlery stuff inside, from the 1940's to to the 1980's.
There were about 150 patterns & a few other bits. I was so excited going through the bag (how sad is that!). Here are some of my favourites...
"Beautifully styled gauchos & knickerbockers". (I've never heard of gauchos!)
"Sambo, Topsy & Gillian" I guess from the 1940's!
I collect dolls knitting patterns & I don't have this one, this made the find well-worthy of my £2.00 outlay :)
How about this ingenious piece of knitting, the cabled band drops down to keep your face warm!!!!
When I saw this 'bed-jacket' in a Beehive book from 1980 it reminded me of a Rowan pattern, I've seen somewhere, hmmm, now which one is it?
Found it - it's Meadow from RY Classic Nature
Is there any such thing as a 'new' knitting pattern?
Let's hope this outfit never makes a comeback
What you do with a 'Betty Ann Knitter' is beyond me, how can you produce anything remotely like knitting with this:
It includes instructions for converting a crochet pattern to a Knitter pattern, so there's hope for me & crochet yet (well maybe!) On the knitty front, I'll have some FO's for you this week (anyone who's ever knitted with Sirdar Snowflake chunky will undestand the delay!!!!!)
