I work at the local public library two to three times a week, and last week's shift highlighted just why libraries and librarians are the best. My supervisor had mentioned earlier this summer that she had a box of vintage patterns I could have, and I completely forgot about them until last Friday, when I found this sitting on the desk.
There are days when I really love my job.
The box was absolutely stuffed with vintage patterns, mostly from the '50s, with a few '40s and '70s thrown in for good measure.
About half of it was children's patterns, which aren't much use to me, so I left those in the box -- the collection is going to a few other people in the department after me, and I know at least one person has kids.
The others were great -- a lot of housedresses, one really pretty evening gown pattern specifically designated for those 5'4' and under (i.e., not me -- eh, I'll make it work), and a lot of embroidery patterns for specific dresses. There was one '70s embroidery pattern that had designs straight out of Modcloth.
Pretty much all of them were bust size 34" to 36", which also happens to be my size! Yay for vintage patterns that I won't have to resize!
Besides this, I also finished up a few projects this weekend that will get blogged eventually. I'm going as Katniss in Catching Fire this Halloween, so I knitted the cowl using this pattern. I went as Katniss from the first movie two years ago as well; Mockingjay better have good costumes, or I'll have to break the streak of Hunger Games Halloween.
I made two pairs of So, Zoe... underwear this weekend and have ordered 5 yards of 6" stretch lace, so there are more pairs upcoming.
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