The Vintage Knitter

[callmemadam]

Issue 14 of The Knitter magazine arrived yesterday. Pretty useless to me; the patterns are nearly all for men and they're all horrible anyway. A pretty boy modelling 'Hawke' but I can't think of a teenager who would wear it and as for 'Cartmel', it looks so uncomfortably bunchy under the arms I wouldn't make it for anyone. Then I saw this



and thought, 'Hulloah! Seventies-tastic?' Sure enough, this is a 'revived' Aran pattern from Patons. Now guess what I found in my pattern stash?

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[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I remember you making that jumper! You can still get Patons aran (hence the plug in the mag) so there's no reason not to use these old patterns, if you like them. I got rid of a lot before I moved and regret it now because they don't take up that much room. I still pick them up at car boot sales and charity shops.

Thanks for the link to the blog. I see what you mean; love that spiralling sweater.
I enjoy doing cables and I'm currently working on the 'Sedgemoor' top from The Knitter 12.