Excitement this week – My copy of A Stitch in Time Volume 2 arrived. Susan Crawford even signed it for me – Thanks Susan!
It’s this book
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It is a HUGE book, ram packed with 120 fantastic patterns from 1930s – 1959. All graded and made with modern yarns. Some are not to my taste but others are definately on my wish list. Even if you didn’t knit, it’s a facinating coffee table book to flick through.
Do you remember that I knitted “To Wear in the Evenings” (or Top Secret as I called it) for the first volume? I blogged it here –>> Top Secret – Declassified
This was the garment…
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Well, told you in my “Where have you been?” post that I had knit a garment for Volume two and here it is!!
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It’s a fabulous lace top from the 1950’s called The Ribbon Threaded Jumper. It’s on page 310 if you have the book. Here’s the original picture from the 1950’s…
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Do you like??
It really was an absolute pleasure to knit. Knitshop Pima Cotton and a pretty straight forward lace pattern. Very “my kinda knit”! The yoke is interesting – the back, front and both sleeves are put on a circular needle and yoke is knitted in one piece. Strangely, it’s knit back and forth with an opening at the back that you sew up later. I would knit it in the round if I wasn’t making a sample strictly to the pattern!
Wanna see some more piccies?
Here are some, just before I sent my “Ribbon Threaded jumper” back to the publishers.
How the sleeve and yoke attach…
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The completed jumper before sewing up (I send it back without sewing it)…
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Some yoke detail….
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And from the book – a cute sleeve picture…
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And that neck – all beribboned and finished 😀
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So did I get a mention in this fantastic book?
Naturally, at the front in the acknowledgement – a list of all us brave knitters…
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So all that’s missing from this post now is a completed knit report and a picture of Mewsley, refusing to get off the knitting!
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| Completed Knit Report | ||
| Name: | Ribbon Threaded Jumper | |
| Pattern: | A Stitch in Time Volume 2 | |
| Yarn: | ~Knitshop Pima Cotton | |
| Pattern Problems: | none – a dream to make | |
| Pattern Modifications: | None (it was a sample so I couldn’t! | |
| Washing and Wearing: | I won’t ever know – sent back unsewn | |
| Knit It Again???: | Yes! Probably make one for myself | |
| Difficulty: | 2/5 | |
| Rating: | 4/5 | |
| Other Postings Relating To This One: | Top Secret – Declassified | |
Looks fab, I’m off to amazon
Oooooooooh, well done you! I must have a browse when I get to a good bookshop!
It turned out very nice! Too bad you couldn’t keep it for yourself.
Gorgeous knitting! I still have the first issue on my wishlist, the patterns are really gorgeous.
It’s a lovely jumper but I’m intrigued about who sewed it up in the end? Didn’t they trust you to do it?
Hi Lesley
All of their “Sample Knitters” send back the knitted pieces unblocked and unsewn. I’m not entirely sure who gets to sew them up or the official reason but I’m guessing it’s because some people are better knitters than finishers! I guess it’s also easier to get a consistent finish for the book and to see if it’s been knitted properly too.
As someone who can destroy a garment when blocking it, I was quite grateful not to have to do this part, although I’m happy sewing up….
Susan
I love the lacey sweater, very fetching. I am also a fan of knit in the round and don’t always understand the ‘flat knitters’ thinking. I just finished adapting a pattern for fingerless hand warmers a friend wanted to knit in the round. They had been designed to be knit flat and seamed. The seam was uncomfortable and unsightly, so I changed the pattern and she loved the result. BTW I think Mewsley looks rather colour co-ordinated with the jumper.
Oh, wow! I love that knitted threaded jumper! It is just gorgeous! I am a new and still terrified of knitting lace, but I’m definitely adding it to my To Knit Later list. 🙂
What a lovely blog you have! I found you through Tilly.