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Pattern ID:
Poppleton 1872 Wool weight:
Aran or DK Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Children's Aran waistcoats in a choice of two yarn weights. Separate instructions are given for each. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 8347 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cabled baby or toddler Aran style sweater in 4 ply fingering weight yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
Phildar 380 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Ribbed coat with garter stitch yoke, plus matching matching bonnet and bootees. Two styles of head gear - bonnet or helmet. |
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Pattern ID:
Wendy PP54 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Matinee coat with matching bonnet and bootees. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 2374 Wool weight:
4 ply, or, Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Men's plain pullover in a choice of yarn weights. Separate instructions are given for 4ply and double knitting versions. |
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Pattern ID:
Poppleton 1638 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Helmets, bonnets, bootees, and mittens in 3 styles as shown. |
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Pattern ID:
Peter Gregory 543 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Matinee coat with matching bootees, plus blanket. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 3191 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Matinee coat with matching bonnet and bootees. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 3364 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: A choice of two matinee coats with matching bonnets. |
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Pattern ID:
Clipper 573 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Delightful baby "set" in double knitting weight. Choice of patterned bonnet or plain helmet, (presumably they are thinking girl or boy). |
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Pattern ID:
Poppleton 1187 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Mens' cardigans in three styles (and styled
to appeal to all ages apparently): Aran pattern, textured rib, and perfectly
plain. |
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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:
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:
Sirdar 7754 Wool weight:
4 ply, or Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Men's plain pullover in a choice of yarn weights. Separate instructions are given for 4ply and double knitting versions. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 1206 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Small booklet of two designs. Patterns for a plain pullover with sleeves or sleeveless, and a seemingly chunkier one for a roll-neck with interesting cable panels. All use double knitting weight yarn. |
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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:
Lister 2095 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Fun liquorice all-sorts picture sweater for children depicting Bertie Bassett. |
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Pattern ID:
Wendy PP371 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweet little textured sweater in baby sizes. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 6720 Wool weight:
Double Knitting and 4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Kids plain school cardigans. |
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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:
Sirdar Sunshine 77 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain toddler jerseys with optional front cable panel; choice of raglan or set-in sleeve. Pattern has some very light creasing which does not affect the instructions. |
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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:
Robin 1012 Wool weight:
Chunky or Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Two separate patterns for the outdoor man, (with his pipe and binoculars to hand): a zipped lumber jacket made in a chunky yarn, and a cabled slash neck sweater made in a double knit. |
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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:
Wendy 1823 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sleeveless cardigans or waistcoats for little people. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 6220 Wool weight:
4 ply Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain girl's dress with textured pattern on the sleeves. |
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Pattern ID:
Waterwheel 4631 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Clothes and accessories for an 11 inch fashion doll, in double knitting yarns. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 6234 Wool weight:
Double knitting, Aran/worsted, Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Poodle bottle cover or toy in DK, and a set of tea cosies in a choice of yarn weights/sizes. |
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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:
Emu 6456 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Novel collection of covers and cosies. |
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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:
Wendy 946 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweater design for the man and dress for the woman; provided with separate instructions for each design. |
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(Patons B156) Bazaar items and novelties in various Patons qualities. Booklet ID: Patons B156 Subject Matter: A collection of gifts and novelties to knit, crochet and sew in various yarn qualities. Price:
£5.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
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(Patons 215) Hats, Scarves, Gloves, and Socks, in various Patons qualities. Booklet ID: Patons 215 Subject Matter: A booklet of winter accessories. Price:
£5.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
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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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(Emu B23) "Knitted Novelties" in various Emu qualities. Booklet ID: Emu B23 Subject Matter: A booklet of Bazaar and other knits in various yarn qualities. Price:
£5.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 687 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
This pattern is in a woefully poor condition (not shown in the picture) but my excuse for including it is the cute styling of the boy in his cowboy outfit - and the period aspect of his appearing with his toy gun, (he looks just like Colin, across the road... I wonder what happened to him?).
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 4102 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Pretty little crochet dress for 2 - 4 year olds. |
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Pattern ID:
Ladyship 4683 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Simple sweater or cardigan with vertical patterning made with eyelet lace stitch. Note that (in case you thought as I did) - the skirt in the photo is "the model's own" - there is no knitted pattern for it. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 4723 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Pretty eyelet-patterned sweater, stated to be sized for 2 - 8 years. |
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Pattern ID:
Hayfield 2991 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Patterned cardigans for "young adults"; the pattern is made with purl stitches on the right side, following a chart. |
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Pattern ID:
Lister 2077 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Slipovers and waistcoats for little people. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 2281 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Seventies tank tops for children. |
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Pattern ID:
Phildar 5184 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional Aran sweater or cardigan sized for 6 - 12 years, with hats and mitts to match. The Phildar wool is named as an Aran, but tension and needles indicate more like a double knitting weight. |
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Pattern ID:
Lister Lee Target K2563 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Child's high-necked raglan sweater with optional Fair Isle patterning across the yoke. |
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Pattern ID:
Emu 6012 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Mostly plain V-neck sweater for older children; there is cabling all along the sleeve, and the raglan decreasing is featured with cables. |
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Pattern ID:
Hayfield 428 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: A classic twinsets for girls in double knitting weight - although the tension quoted on 4mm needles implies that this Hayfield yarn was more of a worsted weight. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 762 Wool weight:
DK or 4 ply versions Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Traditional school jumper in choice of yarn weight. The two "Models" may look the same but A is in double knitting and B is in 4 ply weight. |
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Pattern ID:
Hayfield 2525 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Bulky style eighties sweater in double knitting yarn. The pattern has a horizontal crease. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 1686 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cabled sweaters in double knitting for older children / young adults with a choice of neckline. |
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Pattern ID:
Marshall Cavendish 42 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Two over-sized eighties kids sweaters with different cable patterns. The double knitting yarn is used double. |
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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:
Queens Own & Cathedral 119 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Older kids plain school cardigans in double knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 6810 Wool weight:
Double knitting and Chunky Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
An eight-page leaflet with a mixed back of novelty items - so much so that Sirdar call it "and things" - any more specific title having defeated them (and me). The yarn specifications - such as they are - indicate that these items are designed for left-overs:
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Pattern ID:
Wendy 2543 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Picture sweater for children depicting the Pink Panther (.. such a cool cat).
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Pattern ID:
Patons 4966 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sweet little jungle themed picture sweater for a toddler and up to 7 years. The giraffe in the pocket is a separate little toy which is included in the pattern. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 7961 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cabled baby or toddler V-neck Aran style sweater in DK. |
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Pattern ID:
Bellmans 1226 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Cute caps/hats/helmets for children and toddlers aged 2 to 7 years: Scandinavian cap (red and white); Norwegian cap (blue and white - ear pieces optional); Swiss helmet (blue). |
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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:
Jaeger 3694 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Delightful round or V-neck sweater for children in mock fisherman's rib, where every alternate row is knitted plain. |
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Pattern ID:
Patons 9279 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Men's plain or textured V-neck buttoned waistcoat or slipover in larger sizes. The textured pattern is a kind of offset brioche / moss stitch. |
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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:
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 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:
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:
Patons 3611 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price: £3.00 (includes 2nd class postage within the UK - see section on prices) |
Description: Rather pleasing design for a man's cable sweater in DK with collar and button-neck closure. |
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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:
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:
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 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:
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:
Jaeger 5926 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic crew-neck sweater with block pattern. I think this has rather a classy colour pattern, especially in a neutral palette, as shown. |
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Pattern ID:
Pennine 305 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Sixties rib design for men. This seems to be a mock rib pattern - every row is knitted but there are some wool forwards and passing over on every alternate row which seems to produce a pleasing effect. |
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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:
Patons 6008 Wool weight:
Double knitting or Aran Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
A set of head gear for boys. All the hats are in double knitting except the ski-band/ear-protector which is in Aran weight. |
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 3131 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Traditional set of baby/toddler cardigans.
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Pattern ID:
Weldons B1465 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Toys in double knitting yarns. |
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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:
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:
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:
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:
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 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. |
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Pattern ID:
Regency 37 Wool weight:
Aran Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic early seventies fringed poncho. From the hook size, the name "bainin", and other general information in my library, I am inferring this is an Aran (or worsted) weight - but some seem to think it's a double knitting. |
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Pattern ID:
Bellmans 1281 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Classic seventies crochet poncho or (less classic) fringed tunic (how cool is that?!). |
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Pattern ID:
Twilleys 5904 Wool weight:
No1 cotton (Aran/DK) Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Crochet placemats in heavier weight handicraft cotton. |
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Pattern ID:
Twilleys 1014 Wool weight:
No1 cotton (Aran/DK) Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Large crochet motif for a bedspread in heavier weight handicraft cotton. |
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Pattern ID:
Twilleys 794 Wool weight:
No1 cotton (Aran/DK) Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Large crochet motif for a bedspread in heavier weight handicraft cotton. |
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Pattern ID:
PB C1122 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Gloves and simple mittens worked over 4 needles; the blue mittens in bouclé are worked over 2 needles. |
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Pattern ID:
Lee Target 8728 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Toys in double knitting yarns. |
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Pattern ID:
Weldons B1442 Wool weight:
DK or 3 ply Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description:
Perfectly plain sweaters for men in a choice of yarn weights. [When they say "24 garments can be knitted from this leaflet - clearly you can knit as many or as few as you like - but they mean 2 different styles in 2 different yarn weights each in 6 separate sizes = 24] |
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Pattern ID:
PB 394 Wool weight:
Double Knitting/Worsted Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Small booklet of designs as pictured in "trellis rib", which is slightly unusual involving a combination of knitting or purling into the back of the stitch, slipping stitches, and K1/P1 ribbing.
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Pattern ID:
Sirdar 1704 Wool weight:
Double knitting Price:
£2.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: An elegant plain jacket and skirt suit in double knitting yarn. |
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Pattern ID:
PB 1249 Wool weight:
Double Knitting Price:
£3.00 (includes
2nd class postage within UK |
Description: Plain raglan sweaters for a boy or girl with a choice of V or round necks. |