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Vintage Baby Knits: More Than 40 Heirloom Patterns from the 1920s to the 1950s

Vintage Baby Knits: More Than 40 Heirloom Patterns from the 1920s to the 1950s
By Kristen Rengren

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While working as a vintage clothing dealer, combing through estate sales and eBay listings, longtime knitter Kristen Rengren amassed hundreds of knitting pattern booklets from 1920 through 1960. Now a knitwear designer, Rengren brings us the result of her combined passions in Vintage Baby Knits, a charming collection of more than 40 contemporary updates of timeless baby patterns.
 
Projects range from small, quick-to-knit items like hats, booties, and shrugs to larger, more challenging designs for sweaters, onesies, and dresses, including a lace christening gown. Beautiful photographs capture a bevy of adorable babies and toddlers wearing these knitted treasures. Also included are sidebars on baby fashion and knitting culture in this bygone era, and a complete reference section. Destined to be a classic itself, Vintage Baby Knits promises family heirlooms for 21st-century babies.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #23132 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-06-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 160 pages

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About the Author

Kristen Rengren is a freelance knitwear designer who specializes in vintage styles. Previously she worked as a vintage clothing dealer and as a public relations specialist for independent theater companies and as a development director at DePaul University in Chicago.

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Simply gorgeous collection of vintage-inspired baby knits5
This book is a must for any knitter who likes knitting for babies; vintage-inspired knitting; and/or knitting with lighter-weight yarns. The patterns -- a whopping 40 of them! -- are inspired by vintage patterns of the 1920s through 1950s, with the patterns updated and clarified, and knit in today's yarns. They include sweaters, a diaper cover, blanket, stuffed toys and many more. Each design is beautifully interpreted and shown in fabulous color photos (with extremely adorable babies modelling them). Production quality is very high: hardcover, full color throughout, schematics, lots of technical info presented in inset boxes. The yarns used range from worsted/DK weight to fingering.

A beautiful addition to any knitter's pattern library and must-have for anyone who likes to knit baby items, either for their own family members or for others.

Gorgeous patterns!5
I am swept away by the beautiful patterns and the wealth of information the author provides on the era's the patterns are inspired from. I'm relativly new to knitting, but after reading the instructions on some of the patterns I adore (which is about 95% of the 40 patterns in this book!), the author has given me the confidence to try knitting them, most of the patterns require straight needles (which are all I have). I can't wait to try these patterns out. If you are even remotely interested in knitting for babies up to age 2 - get this. Cudos to the author/designer!

I want to knit everything in it!5
Okay, maybe not the knit soakers LOL, but this book is great! I will definitely be making lots of these items for my daughter and also for gifts. Some of the patterns are a bit more challenging and others are quite simple. I'm an intermediate knitter, so that's nice for me, I like to have some of both in a pattern book. I couldn't wait to get this book when I saw previews of it and I am not disappointed. I can't wait to get started on my first project - the little shrug.