Celebrity Knitting Patterns from 1930-1950s - Sirdar
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Story of Sirdar knitting company from its start in Yorkshire in the Gilded Age of 1880 to today but focusing on the vintage knitting patterns from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, with a sprinkling of celebrity and a pioneering woman in the Boardroom. Sir Roger Moore as the big knit and Susan Shaw as well as the starlets the models were evoking. Mrs Jean Tyrrell's successess leading Sirdar until she retired at 75!
This should have been the 9th day of Christmas yarn fairy treats. Other videos in the series can be found under the 12 days of Christmas playlist.
Will one of the patterns inspire your next cast on? Or will you just enjoy the time travel to the 'Golden Age' of film?
Sirdar plc / Harrap Bros.
Don't forget to check out the Yorkshire Film Archive for more interesting history www.yfanefa.com/record/11344
Or Pathe Film's How To Make Glamorous Turbans (1942) - UA-cam • How To Make Glamorous ...
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Thanks for a very interesting video. My mother and I knitted 2 vests, ( ie 1 each) using vintage patterns . We used 3 ply 100% baby wool. I now have both since my mother died 10 years ago, and every winter they are in use, and I refer to them as my “ secret weapons” against the cold. If I knit them again, I would shorten them to make them more like a camisole, as I usually wear jeans, and find the longer vests a bit bulky to tuck in, and a little long to leave outside the waistband. Keep toying with the notion of cutting them down using scissors. Maybe I’ll get round to it someday!
Sorry for your loss Nicola. I am sure you still miss her. What a lovely keepsake and memory though to have. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Make you can steek them so you can wear them more often. With snow outside today here they will certainly be cosy.
@@KnittingPatternista - yes I could cut some inches off, and pick up live stitches, and redo the cast on as ,a cast off. Mums had ribbon straps , but mine were knitted in rib about 3/4 “ wide, with a soft lingerie elastic sewn inside. The both work but mine is more comfortable, I think.
Thank you for a walk down memory lane. I am now 94 so grew up with those styles. Really beautiful knitted twin sets were our favorites. Lovely video!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. That means a lot. Glad it was a fond memory.
My grandmother, who was a Scottish immigrant, believed that everyone should be able to knit their undergarments. So as a 5 year old, she began to teach me to knit. My first projects were socks on DPNs. Today, I couldn't imagine teaching a beginner on DPNs. I wore hand knitted socks most of my life. My grandfather had hand knit thermals. I think I should make me some thermals....
George you had an interesting introduction to knitting if you started on DPNS. Bet you made your grandmother proud with your first pair of socks.
Thermals sound like a good idea with price of energy just now.
That was so well presented and some of those older patterns are gorgeous 😊
Thank you so much. Glad you found them inspiring.
I love looking at old patterns and enjoy listening to your descriptions of vintage patterns
Thank you so much Dee.
I have a few old pattern books and I love them innit some of the children pattern s for my children one difference from tod.ays pattern s is the direction we're so concise and you had to really know how to understand them....pattern today go row by ròw and are on several pages not just a few paragraphs
John Nettles also modelled a rather natty Aran style cardigan.
Birdy
This was super interesting. I enjoyed the video and the patterns! I don’t currently have the skill to grade up sizes. For that matter, I don’t have the figure for these styles anymore.
So glad you enjoy the patterns and the stories behind them. Hope it sparks some inspiration for a new cast on or just pleasure of the yarny possibilities. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this delightful film!
Thank you so much. I love finding and sharing the stories behind the patterns we knit.
Sirdar yarns were also used for the Bond Classic and Bond Incredible Knitting Machine patterns.
Ebay: Knits with SIRDAR Bond Classic / USM / Ultimate Sweater Machine Pattern Book
Love the 'cami-undies' combo, would definitely knit that__maybe knit them as 2 separate pcs., loosly, in linen. 😺
I REALLY like the shoulder detailing on #8, '1065'! I would just use that on a knit jacket. 💖😺
Great idea for linen. Love how the inspiration is flowing. Happy knitting.
@@KnittingPatternista , 💖😺