In this week’s video – let’s dive in and explore 100 years of wonderfully weird, wacky & silly knitwear & knit patterns! 🤪 🧶 This video was inspired by Stephanie Canada’s video ‘100 years of Weird Sewing Patterns’. Watch her video here.
I decided that instead of starting from the 1920s, as Stephanie did in her video, I wanted to focus on each decade of the 1900s. I also decided to focus on knitting patterns ONLY and not include any crochet patterns (but if you want to I can do a specific video for crochet patterns – just let me know!).
I decided also to focus on women’s wear and clothes & accessories that you would wear normally – no weird knitted costumes, dolls and homeware (trust me there is plenty of that! 🙃)
To make sure my video didn’t become over an hour-long I limited myself to 2 patterns per decade (but as you will notice I couldn’t resist including more at times! Oops… 🤭).
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I had so much fun researching for this video and in the end, I think I found a fantastic collection of some of the weirdest knit patterns of the 20th century. I really hope you will enjoy my findings! 😄
Click on the thumbnail above to watch the video, or if you prefer click here to watch it on Youtube!
Knit patterns mentioned in the video:
1900s
1910s
- Utopia Norfolk Sweater with band, large plaited pockets and belt, No. 820
- Utopia Surplice Sweater, Round Collar Trimmed Black Flat Buttons without Molds, No. 823
1920s
- 1920s Checkerboard Sweater PDF Knitting Pattern
- Beaded-fringe hat a.k.a. ‘The lampshade’-hat from Columbia Yarns
- Elsa Schiaparelli ‘Cravat’ Jumper FREE Knit Pattern
1930s
- 1930s Ski-ing Jumper FREE Knit Pattern
- Knitted bathing/playsuit pattern from 1937
- Jumper “Kay” design a.k.a. ‘The Nipple tassel jumper’, Patons & Baldwins’ no. 20, page 15
1940s
1950s
1960s
- Knitted Floor Dusters/Slippers a.k.a. Moppets PDF Knitting Pattern
- Sirdar 1550 Vintage Ladies Hats in 3 Styles 1960 PDF pattern
1970s
1980s
- Wit Knits: Lively and Original Hand-Knitted Designs by George Hostler and Gyles Brandreth
- 12 vintage knit patterns from Cleckheaton International Collection
1990s
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- Weldon Knitted Toys pdf-pattern
- The History of Knitted Sweaters (1900s – 1930s)
- ‘Sweet Lolita’ clothes: Dreaming Macaron JSK from Angelic Pretty & Women’s Beaded Lolita Mesh Shirt – both borrowed from my friend’s EGL Wardrobe. Give my friend some love & follow her on Instagram @_chrissi_ 💕
What did you think of the knitting patterns that I included in this video? Do you love them? 😍 Do you hate them? 🤨 Do you know of any other weird, wacky & silly knit patterns that I didn’t include? Let me know in a comment down below!👇🏻
