Today’s free pattern is a sweet top from 1942, Smart Jumper in Flag Colours (Summer beverage optional).
Enjoy!
Today’s free knitting pattern is a vintage stranded knit from 1949.
I have modernised some of the language used, clarified any instructions I found unclear, included colour charts, and the colour charts written out in words for vision impaired knitters.
“Men’s Knitted Jerkin” from 1949.
Enjoy!
Today’s new pattern is a slim fit square necked Fair-Isle jumper (sweater) from 1931
I’m writing this on my phone, as the SSD on my laptop died and it’s being repaired, so please enjoy the brevity!
I have returned to adding new knitting and craft content to the website here at Knitting-and.com.
Today, I have a new pattern for a classic 1940’s lacy jumper, or sweater called the Bracken-Fern Lace Summer Jumper.
I have taken the pattern from 1947, updated it into modern knitting terms, added a chart for the lace stitch and finally figured out how to make sure none of the ads print when you print it out (or to a pdf if you have that capability)..
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April 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Knitting-and.com, and almost 25 years since I bought the domain name so I thought it was time to do a bit of tidying up.
Among other things, I’ve done the following to tidy up the website:
- Fixed any broken links.
- Removed things that no-one looked at.
- Removed the recipes because they’re all on my other website already.
- Tidied up the flower loom tutorials to make them easier to sort through.
- Removed the menu from the left hand side of the pages (now it’s only on the blog, where it makes sense)
- Fixed the problem that was causing some ads to print when you printed a pattern.
- Added some extra information to the instructions for making a Teneriffe lace pillow, to make them nice and firm.
- Given the previously hand drawn charts for the Skull and Crossbones Lace knitting pattern a glow up with Stitch Mastery software. No affiliation, I’m just really enjoying learning how to use it, and love the quality of the charts it produces.
I hope you find everything much easier to find, and have a lot more fun looking around!
We’ve changed a lot over the years, and I hope we have many more to come.
Here’s to the next 30 years!