Vintage patterns and making

Vintage glove patterns - knitting and crochet patterns for warm gloves....

Nows its really getting chilly in the UK its time to start making warm gloves both for ourselves and possibly for gifts for the festive season. Gloves- and especially mittens- don't take too long to make and can use up lots of odds and ends of yarns- you can make then in stripes of 2 rows each to make then pretty rainbow colours....

Here are some of the patterns on the Vintage Visage website for you to download and start amking asap.....

This is a set of 4 vintage crochet patterns for gloves from the 1940s

These are cute little eskimo mitten gloves for little children- a great stocking filler or gift

Easy to make fingerless mittens- this pattern originated in the early 1900s and they were originally made plain- but imagine these made in lots of fine stripes of your favourite colours.....

Wonderful palmless mittens or wristwarmers- these are so sweet and are very fashionable today even thought they were designed over a hundred years ago.....

Lovely warm cabled aran mittens with a matching hat-  now that little set would have to keep you toasty and warm!- make it in traditional cream to match all outfits, or use some of the lovely bright colours available in aran yarns these days.

This is a set of 3 lovely patterns dating from the 1940s for fabulous textured gloves perfect for elegant ladies to keep warm.....

This is just a small selection of the downloadable patterns that you can purchase from the Vintage Visage website as instantly downloadable patterns directly to your computer. We have lots more gloves and mittens, and patterns for all sorts of other wonderful items to crochet, knit , sew, or embroider.We offer a full email back up service, so if you are a beginner and get a little stuck, we can help guide you through the process and get you making lovely items for yourself or to sell.....

 

How to crochet rugs for your home- vintage patterns

This is a set of 3 patterns to show you how to make lovely rugs from crochet for your home. They would look good in retro style homes, but also imagine them in classic creams and neutral colours- or in contemporary bright pinks, blues and greens for modern homes too....

They are deceptively easy to make- and could also be a great way of using up odds and ends of yarns from your stash of leftovers- colourful stripes always work well, and imagine the hexagon rug made from hexagons which have lots of different colours within each hexagon....delicious!

If you like hefty heavy rugs you could try making these from yarns doubled or even trebled up and use your biggest hooks to make them- that way they make up nice and quickly too!

You can find the patterns- they are all included in the one pattern- on our Vintage Visage website by clicking here.....enjoy!

Knit a tiny Vintage Santa to decorate the christmas tree

This is such as cute tiny little Santa which you can knit as a little character or as a Christmas tree decoration.

This Santa, or father Christmas as he was more popularly called in the wartime 1940s in the UK when he was originally published, measures 4 and three quarter inches- perfect for the tree!  he was originally made in a fine 3 ply yarn, and so if you wished for a larger Santa then you could make him in 4 ply or DK and he will be a little bigger.....

We guess if you are clever and inventive that just by changing the colour of his clothes and hair, you could also make nativity characters from the same pattern which would also look very cute on the tree.

The pattern to make him can be found on our Vintage Visage website by clicking here- enjoy!

Vintage jester, elves, wizard, witch, medieval ankle boots, bootees, sewing pattern

If you are looking to make simple little ankle boots for jesters, elves, wizards, witches or medieval costumes then we have the patterns for you.

These are such cute ankle boots to make- they have the wonderful shape and feel of jester, wizards or witches and can be made out of whatever fabric you fancy! There are 3 adult sizes, which are english sizes 6-7, but you could easily make them bigger as the charts are squared and so therefore you could enlarge them just by making the squares bigger, and a children's one.

There are several different shapes- this one is a classic jester, elf, wizard shape which is seen here made with printed fabric but could be made with plain fabric too- you could even pop on some tinkly bells!

This is a softer more medieval shape- it is seem here made with fur fabric but could just as easily be made with leathers or suedes, or softer printed fabrics too for house slippers.

This one is a more modern 1960s take on the shape as it has a sling back! But you could adapt it to have a full heel if required. 

We also have a little jester booties pattern where the diagrams are full sized and so you can just trace or cut around them to make.

For this cute little bootie we provide the pattern for a very tiny version (which can be used a decorations for the christmas tree- try stuffing them with goodies!) through to baby and toddler sizes- there are 5 sizes given in all....

And if you are making elves costumes for Santas little helpers this Christmas then these are perfect.....

if you wish to purchase these patterns you can find the 3 adults ones in one pattern here and the cute little one here and we hope to have them both on the website as instant download very soon......