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Pattern ID:
PB 653 Wool weight:
2 ply or 3 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Four different fingered-glove patterns for women: 2 designs in 2 ply and 2 in 3 ply, all knitted using 2 needles. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 393 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Booklet of three different designs. See photograph below. Note that the "button through lacey" cardigan is one size only up to 36 inch chest; cover design and longer-line open front cardigan are in 3 sizes. ![]() |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 1915 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Raglan V-neck sweaters with an interesting cable detail.
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Pattern ID:
Lister 2205 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Raglan cable sweaters in a good range of sizes.
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(Patons 199) Hats, Sweaters, Mittens, and Socks, in various Patons qualities. Booklet ID: Patons 199 Subject Matter: A booklet of sportswear. Price:
£6.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
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Pattern ID:
Bestway 3833 Wool weight:
3 ply - or - Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic plain sixties cardigan with separate instructions for either DK or 3 ply. The pattern has light surface creasing which affects only the cover photo. |
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Pattern ID:
Hayfield 6035 Wool weight:
Double knitting. Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Aran patterned sweaters in double knitting weight yarn, with cross-over collars. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 1077 Wool weight:
3 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Pleasing jumper in fine 3 ply yarn with discreet eyelet pattern detail on the front and on the wide collar. |
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Pattern ID:
PB C-279 Wool weight:
Heavy double knitting/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sixties textured bouclé fitted cardigan in three sizes. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4075 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Womens openwork V-neck mohair cardigan with matching short sleeved jumper. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 1364 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic retro ponchos from the late seventies - the popularity of ponchos undiminished. |
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Pattern ID:
Copley Lotus 9151 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cable panel sweater with striped detail at neck and cuff, plus false-pleat skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6074 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chevron textured pattern sweater with collar - plus matching skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6476 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain jumper with optional embroidered motif, and roll-neck with contrast edge - plus a pleated skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5837 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweet little three-quarter sleeve cardigan, pretty in pink slub cotton yarn. 1940s influenced square shoulders, with a design of hearts, and buttoned at the back. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 7438 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Cable and mesh pattern summer cardigan. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 7406 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Eyelet mesh stitch vest top for summer. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6170 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cable cardigan with pockets, and pleated skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 4168 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Round necked, drop-shoulder, loosely fitting sweater in neutral colour intarsia segments, including some pattern detail. |
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Pattern ID:
Bellmans 1248 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic seventies ponchos - one striped and one fair-isle knitted options, and one in crochet. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 1224 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain chunky V-neck cardigans for all the family. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 944 Wool weight:
2 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Two ply design for a jacket. Not defined as a bedjacket, but the context of the photo, ribbon closure, and shortness of the design imply that it is. The sleeves are pleated to give a square shoulder effect typical of the 1940s (along with the hair style). The 2ply yarn is knitted on large needles to keep the tension loose, and there are panels of blackberry or trinity stitch. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 356 Wool weight:
2 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Small booklet with three different designs in 2 ply: ![]() |
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Pattern ID:
PB 751 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Small booklet with three different designs in DK: |
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Pattern ID:
PB 391 Wool weight:
3 or 4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Two classic raglan twinset options - one in 3 ply and one in 4 ply. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6470 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain jumper with high-standing ruffle collar and tiny contrast edge - a nod to the Victorian fashion in the eighties - plus a pleated skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 5601 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Pleasing summer cardigan-top intended for a soft cotton blend double knit - very pretty. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 2382 Wool weight:
4ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain light-weight layers creating the seventies version of the twinset. Quite a few combinations here, both in the wearing and the knitting options: a sweater or cardigan which can be sleeveless, or with ribbed long or short sleeves. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 2713 Wool weight:
4 ply or Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Short sleeved summer top in a choice of yarn
weights. |
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Pattern ID:
Wendy 2428 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Long or short sleeved tops, knitted in a less dense slightly fluffy double knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 2192 Wool weight:
3 ply, 4 ply or Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Sleeveless spring top in a range of wool
weights. |
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Pattern ID:
PB SC94 Wool weight:
4 ply, 5ply, DK Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Bedjackets for the prim and proper. ![]() |
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Pattern ID:
Pingouin 6929 Wool weight:
Double knitting or Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Family sweaters with separate instructions for 2 different wool weights: DK and Aran/Worsted.. |
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Pattern ID:
Keynote 721 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky zip-fronted jackets in a textured stitch, with collar and side pockets. |
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Pattern ID:
Pingouin 788 Wool weight:
Aran/Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Pretty bedjacket and stole in knitted eyelet pattern. |
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Pattern ID:
Lister N1868 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Delightful set of open work airy sixties design cap-sleeved tops. |
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Pattern ID:
Lister N2237 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Trouser suit knitted with an Aran pattern. It might seem slightly unusual but there are a number of Aran patterns of the era like this which include trousers. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6111 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Fingered gloves or mittens with honeycomb cable or intarsia pattern. Knitted on 2 needles not in the round, and sized from children to women's hands. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4878 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Intarsia picture sweater - very much the "thing" in its day. Includes chart for landscape pattern. The pattern has light surface creasing. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4968 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Intarsia picture sweater - very much the "thing" in its day. Includes chart for landscape pattern. |
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Pattern ID:
Studley 1375 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional Arans with interesting chain cables and chevron panel. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 4673 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Traditional Arans with blackberry or trinity stitch,
cables and honeycomb panels. |
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Pattern ID:
Studley 1195 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Traditional Arans with blackberry or trinity stitch,
cables and honeycomb panels. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6155 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional Arans with diamond trellis, lobster claw and cable panels. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 497 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Satisfyingly traditional Aran with cables and twisted rope pattern - sizes would potentially suit young men or women. |
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Pattern ID:
Kilcarra Cottage 758 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky cardigan jacket with the best of eighties styling. The honeycomb pattern is created with slipped stitches, using only one colour in any one row - one of my personal favourite stitches. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 9569 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Four sock styles knitted in the round on 4 needles, as shown in photo, (each given for long and short lengths : |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 2324 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Leaflet of socks as shown in photo: |
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Pattern ID:
Cygnet 24-023 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Leaflet of socks as shown in photo: |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 1870 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Intarsia picture sweater - very much the "thing" in its day. Includes chart for picture pattern. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 1190 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Gloves and mittens knitted on 4 needles. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 1190 Wool weight:
DK, Chunky, and 4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Sixties small booklet of hats and scarves in various wool weights. |
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Pattern ID:
Hamlyn Pack 26 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Guernsey-style textured sweaters for all the family in a heavier Aran weight yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Hamlyn Pack 6 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional Aran sweaters for all the family. |
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Pattern ID:
Hamlyn Pack 43 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Textured family sweaters in an Aran style but knitted in thicker chunky wool. Optional V or round neck. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 5227 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Chunky textured sweaters for all the family. Optional V or round neck.
It's not easy to see the four-row pattern in the photo so I am printing it here: |
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Pattern ID:
Studley 671 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Lighter weight family sweaters with a cable panel at the front and a choice of neckline; the back is knitted plain. |
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Pattern ID:
King Cole 3061 Wool weight:
4 ply, or DK Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Leaflet of socks as shown in photo. The pattern has the usual horizontal crease. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 13764 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Satisfying traditional Aran with cables and rice stitch - sizes would potentially suit young men or women. |
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Pattern ID:
Studley 661 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional Arans with diamond trellis cables and honeycomb panels. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5899 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cardigan / jacket with patch pockets, designed to be knitted in a cotton mix yarn, though "any Jaeger DK" (and I would say "any DK") is suitable. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5890 Wool weight:
Chunky plus Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain, loosely fitting, drop-shoulder cotton sweater with intarsia colour blocks. Welts are knitted in DK and main part is a slub/bouclé chunky. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5849 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain sweater in reverse stocking stitch, with button shoulder, plus matching skirt; the diamond contrast is a knitted-in travelling cable, using the intarsia method. Not sure about the tartan reference in the sweater name - only a vague nod to Argyll diamonds. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5875 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky jacket with a (in my opinion) not-too-lumpy bobble pattern on a reverse stocking stitch ground - not so obvious in the photo due to the tweedy yarn; the original yarn was a "thick and thin" type available in lovely colour mixes. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5873 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky cable sweater; the original yarn was a "thick and thin" type available in lovely colour mixes. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5874 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky cable sweater; the original yarn was a "thick and thin" type available in lovely colour mixes. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 2281 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Raglan moss stitch jacket with edge-to-edge closure, and plaited border, plus a matching skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1067 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted/DK Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Plain knit cardigan and skirt suit in a bouclé yarn. The required tension for Whirligig yarn in general on 4mm needles pushes it from a DK into a worsted/Aran weight yarn type - slub yarns tend to require slightly looser knitting; however this design is knitted on slightly smaller needles making the tension fall within the Double Knitting range. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1050 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Plain knit jacket with pockets in a bouclé yarn. The required tension on 4mm needles pushes it from a DK into a worsted/Aran weight yarn type - slub yarns tend to require slightly looser knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1043 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain knit V-neck sweater in a bouclé yarn. The required tension on 4mm needles pushes it from a DK into a worsted/Aran weight yarn type - slub yarns tend to require slightly looser knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1044 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Plain knit "U-neck" sweater in a bouclé yarn. The required tension on 4mm needles pushes it from a DK into a worsted/Aran weight yarn type - slub yarns tend to require slightly looser knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 436 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Late fifties or early sixties lacy cardigan. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 920 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Aran weight mohair blend sweater with a wide collar, knitted in a slip-stitch/rib combination.
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1066 Wool weight:
Aran/worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic round neck cardigan Aran weight mohair blend. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons C3537 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Late eighties take on the "suit" outfit including a short-waisted cross-over cardigan with cable detail on the welts, matching the pattern on the skirt. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3038 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price: £3.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices) |
Description: Fair-isle sweater with pleasing two-colour repeat. More traditionally this might have been made in less bright yet more contrasting colours such as (undyed sheep) shades of dark brown and cream. The sweater is straight - a simple drop-shoulder T-shape, (I think the photo could be deceptive, making it look like it has a narrower waist, widening at the armholes). |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1060 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic plain sixties cardigan. |
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Pattern ID:
Lavenda 331 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Smart double-breasted jacket in moss stitch. The pattern is old but printed on robust thick paper; the spine has been reinforced with a strip of brown paper. |
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Pattern ID:
Hamlyn Pack4 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Colour block set of beret, and mittens, and no doubt you could easily make up a matching scarf if you so desired. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3108 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain V-neck knitted in a chunky bouclé yarn with double knitting used for the welts, cuffs, and neck border. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3608 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Patterned sweater with deep welt at the waist. Diamond and twisted cables are divided by plain panels, with a swiss-darned pattern embroidered afterwards. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5886 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Stylish, long, boxy, double breasted, ribbed jacket, with a deep V neckline. The recommended yarns are all double knits, and some are slub but the version shown is (wisely in my opinion) knitted in a smooth yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5896 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain, loosely fitting, drop-shoulder cotton T-shirt top. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5897 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweet loosely fitted cardigan, pretty in mauve slub cotton yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Robin 1252 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Classic plain V-neck in a range of sizes for men or women with an interesting cable along the line of the raglan sleeve (so maybe not so perfectly plain). |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3535 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: A "family collection" of plain sweaters from Patons. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3675 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Patterned mohair sweater modelled by 1980s East Enders star Gillian Taylforth. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 3681 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic mohair sweater modelled by 1980s East Enders star Sandy Ratcliff. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5802 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sophisticated matching cardigan and sleeveless top with high neck and collar. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 5807 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Fairly thick for a summery sweater designed to be knitted in a cotton mix yarn. Typical wide neck and loose fit of a 1980s design; back and front knitted alike, with a pleasing zig-zag eyelet pattern in a bright colour. |
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Pattern ID:
Lavenda 531 Wool weight:
Stated double knitting but tension and needles
seem to imply a very loose knit Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Engaging fifties set for Spring. This is an old pattern printed on thick paper but with some visible ageing to the paper plus a strong vertical crease. |
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Pattern ID:
Wendy 3833 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky style in lighter weight double knitting bobble and rope cable sweater. There is a scarf pattern included (10¼ by 60 inches excluding tassels) which you can only just see illustrated in the photo. |
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Pattern ID:
Hermit 400 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Pretty V-necked sweater patterned in panels of lace and fine cables. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 168 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: This is a set designed to be knitted on machines, but could fairly easily be used for hand knitting if you have an idea of the machine knitting vocabulary (for example "push xxx needles" means "cast on xxx stitches"). It is a 4 ply yarn so not impossibly fine for hand knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 5977 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Plain cardigan with cabled sleeves. The 1980s saw what I believe to be the first manifestation of an interest in retro styles; this was styles of the 1940s - with narrow skirts and square shoulders (somewhat ahead of the huge padded shoulders that became the 1980s trademark). This pattern is one of Sirdar's "Nostalgia" series. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 5976 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Short sleeved ribbed sweater with an embroidered plain yoke section. The 1980s saw what I believe to be the first manifestation of an interest in retro styles; this was styles of the 1940s* - with narrow skirts and square shoulders (somewhat ahead of the huge padded shoulders that became the 1980s trademark). This pattern is one of Sirdar's "Nostalgia" series. Note that this particular style with small panels of fair-isle were popular in the forties because you could easily cheer up a sweater in utility colours with small amounts of more colourful wool. This could be either reclaimed wool - or "mending cards" of yarn which were not rationed at all - commercial yarn companies responded by producing "mending cards" in all kinds of wild colours which fitted perfectly with the multicoloured designs. The original forties sweaters would have been in 3 or 4 ply fingering yarns rather than double knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 5975 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Short sleeved ribbed sweater with an embroidered plain yoke section. The 1980s saw what I believe to be the first manifestation of an interest in retro styles; this was styles of the 1940s - with narrow skirts and square shoulders (somewhat ahead of the huge padded shoulders that became the 1980s trademark). This pattern is one of Sirdar's "Nostalgia" series. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 378 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweater with a vertical "bouquet" eyelet pattern panels. The lace is sewn on afterwards; it was a popular trend in the early 1980s to embellish knitwear with lace, or ribbons threaded through eyelet holes. The pattern calls for about 8 metres of lace if you want to do this. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 9137 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: V-neck raglan sweater with a touch of contrast at cuffs and neck, and with a restrained pattern at the welt. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 9331 Wool weight:
4ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic plain twinset: cardigan and short sleeved jumper.. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 9050 Wool weight:
Triple Knitting/Aran/Worsted Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Another elegant jacket and skirt suit in an interesting four-row textured pattern stitch. Jacket (or "coat" as they describe it) with pockets, and straight skirt.
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4958 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Colour patterned coat shawl collar, buttons, and drop-shoulder balloon sleeves. Matching plain hat. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4962 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Colour patterned sweater with collar and matching hat. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 156 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain knit sweater with an eyelet pattern picked out as a diamond - a giant single Argyll pattern. Obviously, this could be easily omitted to give a perfectly plain sweater. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4915 Wool weight:
Chunky wool with mohair Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky staggered cable sweater with matching hat and mittens. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 2196 Wool weight:
Aran / Worsted Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain raglan sixties jacket with edge-to-edge closure, and contrast border, plus a matching skirt. Candytwist was a "triple knit" yarn - thicker than double knitting similar to the American "worsted" weight. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 157 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic cabled sweaters for all the family in a lighter weight yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Argyll 142 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Chunky textured sweaters for all the family. Optional polo or round neck. |
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Pattern ID:
Lister Mercury 374 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic plain cardigan. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 2213 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: A set for staying in: tea-cosy, hot water bottle cover, tea-pot nest, and bedsocks. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4965 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain sweater with decorative coloured band across the chest. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4494 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cardigan options in a range of family sizes. The pattern is a staggered rib worked over two rows. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4497 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic roll-neck sweater with all over cable pattern for men or women. Includes a plain skirt pattern in women's sizes with elasticated waistband. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4953 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Raised bobble lattice patterned sweater for women - sultry male not included, (they do look like they've had a serious row don't they?). Includes pattern for plain hat and legwarmers in rib. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4877 Wool weight:
Chunky Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Intarsia picture cardigan in mohair - very much the "thing" in its day. Includes chart for owl on a tree branch - note that one of the contrast colours is variegated to give the owl its mottled breast. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4873 Wool weight:
3 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sleeveless fair-isle patterned slipovers in very fine yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4946 Wool weight:
3 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Openwork crochet blouse or cardigan with lacy collar ad long sleeves. |
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Pattern ID:
Jaeger 4495 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Long line cardigan options with matching or toning knitted trousers. |