Nun's Hand Knitted Apparel
Vintage 1930s Knitting Patterns
Book No. 814

Originally published in 1933, this book contains a collection of knitting patterns for stylish vintage garments. Instructions are included for a Boulevard suit and jacket, Boulevard waistcoat, country club blouse, Promenade blouse, skirt and jacket, Turf Club slipover, shawl, boudoir wrap, Tete-a-Tete blouse, silhouette blouse and beret, Lake Placid turtle neck and beret, Fairway blouse, two sweater slipovers for men and one sweater slipover for a juvenile boy.

Directions for this book are for vintage size 34 except for the Promenade ensemble which is a size 36 -- but don't fret if this isn't your size -- we also provide unbound paper instructions for: 

• basic directions for changing the size of a garment.
• instructions for measuring your body for vintage patterns.
• directions for choosing your size based on body measurements from the late 1800s through the 1950s when corsets and girdles made women thinner.
• fittings guideline chart you can use to adjust patterns to fit tighter or looser based on your own preferences of a snug or loose fit with your clothing.
• knitting/crochet  conversion instructions you can use if you like a specific pattern but are not skilled in knitting/crochet (or vice versa), you can do what you are familiar with.

Please see images for a sampling of patterns. Be sure to check our other auction listings for more vintage knitting patterns. 

Bramcost Publications is your publishing resource for vintage lifestyle books and patterns. Our books/patterns focus on the way our foremothers and forefathers lived, laughed and loved in their everyday lives. Beauty, fashion, millinery, entertaining and handicrafts are the building blocks of our book/pattern offerings with an emphasis on VINTAGE:

• makeup, hairstyling, beauty
• sewing, pattern drafting, fashion design
• knitting and crochet patterns
• millinery, hat construction, hat patterns
• beadwork, jewelry making
• ribbonwork, embroidery, embellishments, quilting
• weddings, bridal interest
• paper dolls, doll books, doll clothes patterns
• Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine?s Day holiday celebrations