Wednesday, April 29, 2009

american thread co. begin to knit booklets

I picked these up thrifting...there is no copyright date or illustrator info:






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8 comments:

  1. MeaghanApril 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    I have these! With my grandma's old aluminum knitting needles and some crochet guides too! What a delightful blast from the past they are!

    P.S. - I'm fixin' it up right now, but you are the blog of the week over at Queering Domesticity!

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  2. Geek+NerdApril 29, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    Oh my gosh! I just teared up a little. I learned to knit from the exact booklet on the right, with the pig-tail girl. My grandmother gave it to me years ago and I have no idea where it is. She passed away last year and it just made me think of her.

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  3. Retro PlantsApril 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    the illustrations are *rad*! :)
    i would love to learn to knit. . . i know. . . i think i am the only one around you hasn't picked it up yet! ;)
    p.s. was the baby knit projects inside with the "learn to knit" booklet? funny to have teens learning how to knit baby things. . . teach em' young!

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  4. VictoriaApril 29, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    These are great! I don't knit, but I can't help but buying these as well when I come across them, such great photos and graphics!

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  5. AnonymousApril 29, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    Oh boy. That knitting slumber party illustration is AWESOME. I want to live in that time, man. I missed out.

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  6. Busters MomApril 30, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    I have the one with the girl in pigtails. It was in a big box of booklets my mil had saved over the years.

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  7. ValerieMay 3, 2009 at 1:43 AM

    Hee hee hee!! Love the chap in his sweater, and those sweet illustrations of girls knitting. Really funny.

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  8. G. DragoneAugust 31, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    Hi,

    I took one of your cool 50's images and made an embroidered piece. I can't find where on your site the original is.... I took a photo of it and it's on my flickr account.

    Thanks for finding the cool artwork!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/spicy-shots

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