Fabulend Vintage Awesomeness
I think yarn companies need to have a retro label comeback. Like when you see the Count Chocula and Boo Berry cereal boxes at Halloween time. These fabulous labels would make fun nostalgic gifts. I might have to keep a…
Vintage Awesomeness 80’s Edition
I love old crochet patterns. Not necessarily for the pattern itself, but more for the look back at the era the photo for the pattern was taken in. This “awesome” photo is from an 80’s edition of Crochet Fantasy. Being…
Cute Vintage Ad
These two gals seem to have been mascots for Wintuk and Sayelle back in the day. I have found a couple of ads featuring them (I’ll share more later). I thought the play on words was very cute, not to…
For When My Son is a Teenager
This is another vintage awesomeness I came across in my old magazines. I’m keeping this picture around for when my son is a teenager. I will threaten him with this picture. I will tell him that if he ever does…
Vintage Male Models
I don’t know why, but every time I see any of these vintage ads with a male model in them, it makes me smile. It could be the fact that most times, the sweater they are modeling would probably look…
Hot Pants Indeed!
How could hot pants be made hotter you ask? Well add a trench coat and pantyhose up to your bra and you’re ready for summer. Wait… that doesn’t seem right. They weren’t trying to be literal about the pants being…
Moving Sale!!
I’m PCSing soon. That’s military speak for moving, and for any military family out there you know that you have a weight limit on what the government will move for you. Because of this, I’m getting rid of all my…
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Here is another awesome example of 70s advertising greatness. It seems yarn blends (combining two different kinds of yarn) were very big and new things back in the 70s and many ads were praising the new yarn combos. The yarn…
Crochet Pants. Best. Design. Ever.
I don’t know about you, but whenever I see crochet translated into pants, it makes me smile. Maybe because I know that if you actually making pants that aren’t see through the resulting fabric will probably be something like…
Vintage Awesomeness
I’m a vintage crochet junkie. I love seeing all those crazy fashions and elaborate doilies of times past. I’m constantly trolling Ebay for magazines and books from past decades, and recently I got my hands on two whole decades (70s…
