For many years I’ve loved vintage clothing and accessories, from Victoriana through to 1950s. The shapes and cut of clothes, the materials used and the embellishments have always appealed. I confess I am a magpie when it comes to anything shiny – whether it’s jewellery or the sheen of fabric or yarn, it catches my eye
So now, having knitted vintage inspired and original vintage patterns over the last fifteen years, it seems natural to progress towards creating my own designs; based on my love of vintage and love of anything shiny!! When it comes to shiny, there’s a number of ways to represent this in knitted form – through embossed patterns such as cables, bobbles and ribs, where the light reflects off the raised stitches, through the use of stitches such as moss stitch or broken rib where the light bounces around the changing stitches, and through the use of yarn, such as a pure or blended silk, cotton or linen, which naturally reflects the light around it.
I recently designed a 1920s inspired stole, along with two berets – one a close fitting beret and the other a more slouchy beret; and I’ve included one of these patterns as a free download!
Let’s be sociable! This pattern has a project page on my Ravelry, so if you download the pattern and knit the beret, please share your project results with me at my knit1purr1 Ravelry page!
Download the free pattern
Happy knitting!!
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