Month: August 2018

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  • Men in Vintage Knitting Patterns

    Posted on August 10, 2018August 12, 2018
    Vintage photo of male knitting pattern model Leaning on One Arm

    I’ve noticed something funny about men in knitting patterns of a certain era. There seem to be some set poses you had to perfect if you wanted to be a male knitwear model in the 1930s – 1950s. Forget “Blue Steel”, these are the signature poses chaps needed to learn: Staring at Nothing You could […]

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