A Collection of Vintage Knitting Patterns for the Making of Autumn Cardigans for Women

Hand-knitted cardigans from an earlier generation of the craft, in a spread of shapes, sizes and skill levels - the extra layer for the months between summer and a proper coat.

These are patterns from a time when most wardrobes still held a good number of garments somebody had made at home. The designs vary in shape and in the skill they ask of you, so there is something for a beginner counting under her breath and something for a knitter of forty years' standing.

Older instructions read differently from modern ones - terser, and more trusting of the reader - but the shapes they produce are hard to find anywhere else. A Collection of Vintage Knitting Patterns for the Making of Autumn Cardigans for Women reproduces them as they were originally printed, illustrations and all.

This edition features:

• A range of designs in different shapes and sizes, from the straightforward to the genuinely demanding
• Original instructions reproduced as first printed, with the period's own wording and abbreviations
• Illustrated throughout, so the finished shape of each garment is clear before you begin
• A ready source of period detail for anyone dressing to a vintage look or reworking older styles