Here's my first installment of vintage knitting pattern books. This one is a lace doily/tablecloth book in I don't know what language. I'm sure K told me, and I just forgot. She's a linguistics major after all.
The patterns in here are amazing. Someday I would like to make one of the patterns on larger needles for a shawl. Perhaps this one:
Just look at the charts. They're crazy! This one uses slightly strange knitting symbols but not as weird as some French ones I got that use an "O" for a knit stitch and a "|" for a yarnover. That's just backwards.
So I picked these up from some random intenet store. I came across them when I was searching for something else. They were identified as vintage German crochet lace books, but I saw the pictures and knew they must be knitted. This has to be my best online find to date. Even better than the KOIGU ON SALE RIGHT NOW for $8/hank at The Knitting Zone. Use code "knittingzone" for 20% off everything in the store. Free shipping on orders of $100 *before* discount. No affiliation. Just want to share the Koigu lovin'.
My husband says that the title is German and means "art stitches." So there you go. :)
Posted by: Abigail at April 27, 2005 8:09 PMYes it's german, and they were masters of making such. Many are made by 2 men, yes is correct, they couldn't knit, but they could beatiful things.
Are you looking for a translation, its not difficult, I can do it, and its fun to knit, and nice things when they are made in thin threads.
Best regards
Annelise - Denmark