You said that you aren't an expert while throughout the entire video knitting without looking at your needles 😮 Also, that jumper 🥰

I see your dog also understands that stopping to pet an adorable dog is an important part of any knitting pattern. At least that's what my dog tells me :D

I am a lady in her mid 50s. I have been knitting since I was 4 years old. In recent years I have been doing many Shetland lace shawls. Which as I understand it do have a historical basis. You have to be a bit careful of fiber and the lace pattern itself but actual shawls of this type certainly are extant from at least the Victorian period and some variant quite possibly before. Give one a try. They are lovely and not nearly as difficult as they look!

The first abbreviations page (Columbia Yarns, 8:37) shows some crochet abbreviations. It's important to understand that crochet terms differ from the US to the UK ("single crochet" in a US pattern is "double crochet" in the UK and it goes from there: half-double US becomes half-treble UK, and so on). I've not found the same issue with knitting stitches (yet). The "large number = tiny diameter" is an English convention that existed through the 1960s; the "large number = large diameter" is the American (and metric) convention. I remember Mom having to get help from the yarn shops where she would buy kits on our Canadian vacations... I picked up a lot of similar translation techniques looking at (modern) foreign-language knitting patterns where there are photographs of the finished item, and sometimes technical drawings as well. Graphs (with a good legend) all but transcend language as long as you can understand which stitch is meant by which squiggle ;)

I've been knitting for about ... 25 years now. My gran sat me down and taught me when I was 5/6. I've never thought to specifically look for antique patterns, but now that I'm looking through your resources, I'm not all that surprised to see some familiar faces. Er, patterns. I love that the cloths are what you suggest for beginners, because those towels are so fast and easy to knit up, and they also feel *so nice* when you knit them in cotton. Anyone who has ever been in my house and felt them ended up asking for some. It's such a nice, easy project that gives you something that really does pamper you and make you feel good to use. Your patterns look beautiful, I am off to trawl through them now. ♥

Just finished my Victorian Towel. That was fun! Thanks for the inspiration and links!

I’m beyond impressed you are able to knit without looking! I’m an intermediate crocheter and I have to watch my hands 98% of the time! Thanks for all the resources for beginner knitters, I’ve been wanting to expand my yarn crafting!

Ironically, I was just wondering about the history of knitting and its origins while working with dpns, so I googled it. As I suspected, a patent for circular needles wasn't applied for until 1918 in the U.S. So my interpretation of historical knitting would be using the tools commonly available in the time period from which the pattern was published. Which gives me a new appreciation for those who first knitted garments from a bygone era.

Oooo Thanks for the free beginner pattern! After your shoulder cape video I did a quick test run with some chopsticks and a video tutorial. I'm happy to say it went much better than my first knitting attempt, and I have proper needles in the mail now :) Thanks again for all of the great resources and inspiration; I will definitely make use of them soon. Also, that lipstick color looks really nice on you 👍

You are amazing! I have a basis in knitting but i never learned from books and such, so reading patterns was always hard as i never learned the proper terms for the things i was doing. Your patterns and explainations are amazing! Much love x

Hi, I’m in my 60s and have been dating since I was about five years old. I’ve done a lot of vintage and antique baby patterns and absolutely love them. They seem to be more intricate than some of the modern ones and provide a challenge and many options. A lot of the knitting I do is for my local charity in addition to my grandchildren.

I think the easiest thing I knitted from The Art of Knitting was the hug-me-tight vest. It's plain garter and is very easy to work out the size you need to knit it for yourself. It's also a great one for binging something on the TV and just zooming through the knitting side of it.

Edit: The sweater I'm wearing in this video is knit using Knit Picks' pallete yarn (Affiliate link: bit.ly/KPpaletteyarn), with a 40's pattern from Etsy (www.etsy.com/listing/780017990/vintage-ladies-jumper-knitting-pattern), in case you were wondering! Another video I missed as part of CoCoVid that goes over an easy antique lace pattern is Gwen's video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpuCe7KBnKmVgIE.html Thank you so much for joining me for a chatty video! I've got a bunch of links in the description box above, but if you know of any more resources, please do share them here! Also, I'm currently working on re-vamping my older patterns, so if you have them or get them now, please lookout for an email in the future for any updates I make!

Thank you so much for the ravelry pattern for the 1892 dish towels! I've only just started learning knitting, and I was looking for a simple project that'll help me learn all the basic techniques. I'm so grateful for you sharing this and that I came across this video at the exact right time. Thank you!

I have patterns that belonged to my Grandmother, that she made up for my Dad. I'm 65! And I have a few pre-1930 patterns too.

I'm so glad I found your channel. Your video is so well put together and nice. I haven't knit since I was a teenager, but it makes me want to pick up my needles again and give it a try. I'm lost just looking at patterns as I was taught in person but each video you put out gives me more motivation to learn.

Omg, where has this video been all my life? :D I'm part of a spinning guild and every year (except years with pandemics and such, of course -_-) we have an antique spinning wheel showcase, and I've been looking for ways to find antique knitting patterns for a long time. This is a treasure trove of wonderful information! Thank you so much! :D

Thank you. I am a re-enactor so I appreciate your advice on how to get started again with my knitting. Cheers

Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful resources!

I’m so glad I found your channel! I’ve been into historical crochet and lace for a bit but although I have antique knitting patterns I’ve never tried it. Also, I love the music you use. It’s so peaceful.

Thanks for this, I have a small hoard of some older knitting and crochet instruction book scans and reading the patterns and looking at the differences in writing style to modern patterns is fascinating. Archive org is my favourite source, and then lucky finds at 2nd hand shops : )

Finally got around to this video :) I wanted to really get in the mood and take notes since historical knitting is something I tried before and want do more of. I blame 40s sweaters for this, they're just so pretty (like the one you're wearing - I think I've even seen that pattern before). Thank you for giving all those tips, they're appreciated!

I can't even knit while looking at my hands; I cannot image being able to knit while filming a KZfaq video. Seriously impressive. :)

The magazine "Piecework" has always had historical knitting projects that have been translated Their publisher, Interweave, put out a facsimile series of books of Weldon's patterns that include dozens of historical patterns for knitting & crocheting. Weldon's was an English company that put out patterns every week starting in about 1885 through about 1940 I think. I recommend people try to find an antique needle gauge to help judge needle sizes, the yarns used were usually thin as were the needles. Men & women & children knitted everything you can think of because ready-made was not available generally and very expensive. You may be able to find copies of these books online through used book dealers. I really like the sweater you are wearing.

So much great info was included here. Thank you. Also, what a great approach with those towels to help someone progress through the skills through genuine intention. Absolutely brilliant. :)

Thank you for all the research. I love the old patterns.

That's a lot of information. I knitted once when I was 12. I am hoping to try once again, and have a ton of 2nd hand supplies. Thank You for such good advice and plain talk.

Thank you so much! I didn't know knitting was going to be included in coco vid. I definitely want to tryout those towels.

Your top is AMAZING

The needle size chart is a godsend. Thank you!!!

So happy I found your channel! I love vintage knits and old patterns and these are great tips. I definitely want to try that gorgeous cape you mentioned. Love your sweater!

Another lovely video - and it's always nice to see Nutella! Looking forward to the next one.

This was very well done, and beautiful work. Thanks! I had not considered historic knitting before, but you have piqued my interest. Thanks for all the precise advice, links and examples. Also, your sweater is beautiful! Bless you!!~

Thank you very much! A very thorough investigation!

Oh goody! I want to start learning how to do historical knitting.

Beautiful video and 12:00 awwww that dog is so cute. such a sweet face

I am definitely making that skirt! going to find some nice DK for it though, make it a little lighter as my winters are pretty chill. I love your channel!

Doggo! What a good floof! :) Thank you for this video, it was so nice to watch and listen to! I'm only now slowly learning more crochet and knitting is somewhere on my future crafts list, although two people already tried to teach me in the past. I hope I'll finally get it one day and your tips seem like a great lead to some starting points - taking up historical projects sounds like a very good idea :)

Dude the subtle flex when you just knitted without looking down. Lol #oneday

Thanks for this video densely packed with so much information! It was fascinating :)

Yes, I pulled the pattern for the beautiful sweater you're wearing and it called for size 10 and 12 needles. Didn't make any sense to me b/c :1. I've never heard of a size 12 needle and 2. You can tell that the stitches are small and the resulting knitted "fabric" is dense. So, after some research, I discovered that the size 10 referred to is actually u s size 3 and size 12 is a u s size 2. That made much more sense to me.

another thing to keep it mind when looking at a patter (modern or historical) is to find out if the pattern is british or american and learn the differences between american and british terms and needle sizing. as you mentioned, most historical needle sizes are "opposite" to what we have now (in terms of smaller needle sizes being labeled with a larger number) is actually pretty the same to the modern british sizing we have today

I haven't knitting anything in almost 17 years, aka since school, but yesterday I found the motivation to take the needles again, I hope I can finish the thing one day, my hands aren't the same and it hurts a bit :'(

I am more of a crocherer rather than a knitter, but your video helps a lot. I'm really interested in historical textile arts and I'm happy I found a channel that tickles this particular niche.

Watching you do that without looking is like watching a great sorceress at work.

New sub. Found you through Coco vid. I am obsessed with finding an fairly easy knitted or intermediate crocheted Sontag. I hope you might make one in the future. I literally only found one Sontag video on KZfaq.

I’m just knitting my first pair of socks....hopefully one day I’ll be able to knit historical patterns!! But I must know, is there a link for the pattern for your sweater?? It’s so lovely😍

The first thing I ever knit was from a late Victorian shawl pattern... which I had my mom translate.... it was also the reason why I learned to knit, for a project in my spinning class where I made something from a yarn I made I didn’t have enough and it’s basically a scarf knit lengthwise instead of widthwise.... at least its soft

For me most patterns before the 90s are super esoteric lol...few explanations, sometimes no gauge, etc. My mom has a few 60s-80s knitting magazines (in Spanish) and I go through them in wonder, bc I don't get how people actually knitted the pieces with so little information! But the 60s patters are so much fun, I'd love to make some one day, when I feel more like an advanced, not intermediate, knitter. Thanks for the video!

I love the shirt you’ve got on

This gal is a WIZARD, how is she knitting without looking?!?!

I'm actually knitting this particular jumper for my mom for Christmas. The pattern calls for size 10 and 12 needles and I had to look up a conversion for modern needle sizes (size 2 and 1 respectively)....this chart helped a ton and is now a staple in my reference bookmarks. www.fibergypsy.com/common/needles.shtml

My Grandma tried to teach me how to knit and I can do the basic “in, over, through and off” but anything more complicated just won’t stick in my brain. I was shown how to purl and managed a row, knitted the next row and then couldn’t remember how to purl! I might give it another try, if I’m feeling brave!

I hope your tea hadn't got cold by the time you'd finished filming. also, what is the purpose of a. KNITTED. JUG. ?? (Arthur Weasley voice)

I am not a knitter. Still I found this video very interesting. ☺️

A guy at a drop in center couldn't believe that I could knit and watch TV at the same time. Of course I'm not doing any complicated work, such as a making a cable, just knitting back and forth in an easy pattern. I think one of the more complicated was a moss or seed stitch washcloth. Knit a few stitches look back down, look up, look back down. Simple. I've watched golf while making hair bands and ear warmers.

Thanks! This is so useful!

"The larger the needle size, the thinner the needle" usually indicates a British rather than American pattern.

I just came across your videos. Thank you for the tips. I have purchased the pattern of the jumper 5hat you are wearing. I lov3 it, but I don't understand what yarn to use. Can you please advice me? Thanks in advance.

I crochet, but I'm using a historical pattern and a modern translation to make a Tam O'shanter hat from 1918.

I'd suggest looking at Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman as a good midway point between modern patterns and antique.

Great intro for those interested in historical knitting. And loved your knitted sweater I had to order the pattern. Sadly it isn't in my size and I need to resize it. Any tips would be great...never did a resizing before and any info would be helpful.

I would love to know more about the sweater your wearing please?!?!

I am as well in upper age group Bern yarn working too many years than I can remember how ever I have just broadened my skill to vintage age yarn work research from process raw to the fine art I’m still a beginner in my mind not real good st trading g patterns basics arrived from grand mother then self tought from looking at finished projects and trying my own methods I know

*I THINK I WILL START KNITTING* I tailor bespoke historical men's clothing 1900 to 1930 - but I need something to do with my hands when watching TV or when its too dark to sew... Sewing helps wiht my stress, but only when I can sewing - obvioulsy.

Hoping to try an antique collar for my sister who wants an homage to RBG. Hated all the modern versions.

The cursed words of every vintage pattern…” finish in the usual manner.”

can you tell me where the pattern from the sweater you're wearing is from? it looks soooooooooo lovely!

I have seen the pence jug pattern. I forget where. It looked interesting, One of the commenters below this one said it was used to hold coins. I thought that was interesting too. LOL they didn’t have peanut butter jars back then.

Thank you!

antiquepatternlibrary.org is also an incredible source for an insane amount of knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, lacemaking, etc.

Hi there! I was just wondering if you have a video about the white and green knit jumper you're wearing in the video? Or if you can link me to the pattern at all please? Thank you!! :) xx

Can you make the list of yarn that old yarn doesnt make it anymore? For example: germantown wool is equivalent of modern yarn?

Wonderful content! I find, however, that I’d like to knit the sweater that you’re wearing! Any chance?

I have a stack of vintage knitting pattern books. Do you have a PO box I could send them to?

I have the pattern for the leaf sweater you’re wearing, but I think my bust size would be too big for it 😭

Love the sweater you are wearing! Do you sell that pattern? I would buy it in a second!!!!

I was recently given dozens of magazines with knitting and crochet I believe some are early 1970s. How would I get those to someone who would use it

Man I've been trying to hard to find a historic crocheting video but they don't exist. Sometimes.i feel like I chose the wrong hobby and should learn knitting instead of crochet

For some neat and free early 1920’s patterns, have a look at www.agoodyarn.net/PT_Main.htm . I’d say the difficulty of them for a modern knitter is intermediate to advanced if you’re the right size for them and advanced to expert if you have to figure out how to make them your size or want to change things up a bit. Some are easier than others. They don’t really come in different sizes unfortunately but the ones I’ve scrutinized this far seem to lie somewhere around a 36-40” bust. They’re also quite roomy since it’s the 1920’s, and stretchy since: knit.

My first project was an old pattern from the 50's that my mom had from my grandmothers pattern stash. It was a Canadian pattern so the needle sizes were Canadian sizes which are opposite American sizes which is very confusing since her stash of knitting needles were a random assortment of Canadian and American sized needles. It sounds like the old patterns used the same sizing method as the Canadian needles which just makes me more curious about where these sizing methods come from. I wonder if Canada uses the British method and the States invented their own sizing method at some point to disassociate from the British, or if it comes from somewhere else altogether.

R🌹..I adore your lovely green white cardigan that you wear in this video blog......have you also the pattern of it?!😍

Thank you for an informativ and helpfull video! I've mostly been knitting sweater patterns from 1930-50 lately and have seen a picture some where of that gorgeous sweater you are wearing. Where can I find/buy the pattern? But I'm feeling inspired after watching you to try knitting up the cape!

That pullover/sweater is absolutely beautiful. Did you make it yourself ? If so what pattern did you use and if not where did you buy it ?

Thank you

Is there a method for sizing up knit clothes patterns? Most of the vintage patterns I find are way too small for me. Thank you for the video!

I know this is super late, but have you tried antique pattern library? They have quite a few pattern books from the 1900s and 1910s, and a few that are from earlier. They are originals, and they're free

I have the pattern you are wearing and is in 3ply size 35” if I do in double knitting would it be around 39” what is your opinion, I would be grateful in your views

Does anyone have any tips on how to obtain needles smaller than 000/1.5mm? I'm from Europe.

The tee you are wearing can you share what pattern it is please

Hi love vintage knitting how can purchase your 1892 book where I find the book I'm interested

I was wondering if there is something else than the pattern instruction that is a big difference to modern knitting? Like techniques or contructing methods?

Did you knit your sweater? I love the pattern! Where did you find/buy it?

Hi I noticed your way of knitting is very different from mine but I’d love to learn your way.. is that flick-knitting? Xx

Antique/historical knitting - first of all use the correct needles! Knitting on circular needles is modern! Straights were used in the old days

Could you translate the stocking pattern you used to make your stockings? Pretty please :D

I’m still wondering what kind of yarn I can use for the jumper you are wearing, wether a non hairy yarn would be better, rather than angora or alpaca

I love your tea set where did you get it?

I would Like to try a simple sweater no buttons to start? Any ideas?

I've been looking for vintage knitting tutorials, especially for a Sontag. Also, HOW ARE YOU KNITTING WITHOUT LOOKING? WITCHCRAFT! And, you know, teach me, please.