Such a lovely top. Love the older English type of pattern instructions, I'm 65 and learnt this way finding the more modern written very difficult to follow. Love and always do that type of cast on 👍🏼 are you on instagram?
Thank you for your kind comment 🤗 It was the amazing puff sleeves that really drew me to knitting this gorgeous top. I also really like the instructions you used to get in the vintage patterns since I have spent a lot of my lifetime knitting from these types of patterns rather than modern ones. However, as a Knitwear designer, when writing for knitting magazines, I had to learn to write them in the standard modern way. It’s interesting how knitting a tension Square etc has changed over the years and I wonder what made it change from knitting a square over an inch for example, to then knitting it over 4 inches (or 10cm). My username on Instagram is @knittingagogo 🧶🧶🧶 I’m looking forward to uploading the second part of this video over the next few weeks 😊
I think it changed from 4 inches in the 70s with cm arriving, and also the arrival of more continental patterns. Also the new kid on the english block ... Rowan became a big trendsetter, with wonderful colours, textures and designer pattern along with other continental 'fancy' yarns and a different way of writing patterns. I wonder if others saw the trend change. 😊⚘️
Such a lovely top. Love the older English type of pattern instructions, I'm 65 and learnt this way finding the more modern written very difficult to follow. Love and always do that type of cast on 👍🏼 are you on instagram?
Thank you for your kind comment 🤗 It was the amazing puff sleeves that really drew me to knitting this gorgeous top. I also really like the instructions you used to get in the vintage patterns since I have spent a lot of my lifetime knitting from these types of patterns rather than modern ones. However, as a Knitwear designer, when writing for knitting magazines, I had to learn to write them in the standard modern way. It’s interesting how knitting a tension Square etc has changed over the years and I wonder what made it change from knitting a square over an inch for example, to then knitting it over 4 inches (or 10cm). My username on Instagram is @knittingagogo 🧶🧶🧶 I’m looking forward to uploading the second part of this video over the next few weeks 😊
I think it changed from 4 inches in the 70s with cm arriving, and also the arrival of more continental patterns. Also the new kid on the english block ... Rowan became a big trendsetter, with wonderful colours, textures and designer pattern along with other continental 'fancy' yarns and a different way of writing patterns. I wonder if others saw the trend change. 😊⚘️
That would make sense and thank you for the info 🤗