A while back a friend came across this gem at a book sale: The Good Housekeeping New Complete Book of Needlecraft. She though of me and picked it up. It was published in 1971 and includes patterns and tutorials for knitting, crochet, macrame, cross stitch, sewing, embroidery, quilting and more stuff. The patterns range from hip/retro to goofy/ridiculous. (The 1950′s pamphlets also pictured are also fun… I’ll get to those later.)
Some inspiring patterns:
- 2 Dresses - one crochet, one knit
- a crochet motif dress
- not crochet or knit but cute!
Some pretty goofy patterns:
- A "Tent" dress? Why?
- OK, the sweaters aren't bad but the guy on the left is wearing a ski mask!
- this is just hideous!
Vintage craft books are fun! A friend of mine has a really funny coffee table book filled with photos of ridiculous knit and crocheted things from mostly the 60′s and 70′s. I need to figure out what it was or see if I can borrow it. It’s just fascinating :)
