Hats, Bags and Accessories
 Vintage Crochet and Knitting Patterns for 1940s Fashions
(Hiawatha Book 16)
by Heirloom Needlework Guild

CONDITION: new, softcover, crisp and glossy covers, 2012, 23 pages, size: 8.5 x 11, unabridged, published by Bramcost Publications

Originally published in the 1940s, this book contains a classic selection of 1940s hats, purses and other accessories mainly worked in crochet with two stand alone knitting patterns (see picture labeled "knitting" for knitting patterns). This book includes instructions and completed project picture for making a: 

• coachman's hat and bag
• saddle bag and hat
• flower arc hat
• sorcerer's apprentice hat
• feathered cloche
• pin striped bag
• popcorn bloused beret
• circle pouch
• pansy choker and earrings
• butterfly hairpins and belt
• trotteur beret
• round robin bag
• Victorian pillbox
• cuffed brim bonnet
• peek-a-boo cap
• ruffled handbag
• scalloped casual hat
• underarm bag
• top knot garland
• provacative pouf
• hairline coif hat
• knitted purse
• openwork breton
• stovepipe sailor
• collarette and earrings

Please see images for hats, purses and accessories that can be made using the patterns in this book. Be sure to check our other auction listings for more vintage crochet and knitting books, as well as many more hat making books. 

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