My 1950's Knitting Magazines...
A few weeks ago -while on Facebook- I checked the Men who Knit group. Daniel MacBride from Perth (a Spindle maker with his own firm named: Whorled Domination ) offered some of his old patternbooks with patterns for Men. I was lucky to get one from Patons. They show typical 1950's garments for Men. For Work, or maybe when coming home: For Sport: This one is for Skiing... Complete with chart ofcourse... And this one....My favourite in Fair isle technique. I could see myself wearing this one, because I have something similar.... I think at that time the influence for Men fashion came by one of the great fashion icons of that era: The HRH Prince of Wales. As can be seen on this painting by John St. Heller Lander. The painting is made earlier, but this man made Fair Isle garments really fashionable. What is interesting of those kind of magazines is that all patterns have a name from a person. In this magazine they are named: Hug...