No Yarn Left Behind

Land Girls wore practical clothing suited to farm work, including woollen garments to keep warm during chilly mornings. Fingerless mittens were popular because they allowed dexterity while protecting hands from cold weather. Knitting these mittens was a common pastime, and patterns like the free one shared here were widely used.

A free vintage pattern from the 1940 publication of Knitcraft, an Australian knitting magazine. It features a deep U-shaped neckline and some clever but simple waist shaping, and is perfect for dressing up in true vintage style or just throwing on over a pair of jeans.

This free 1947 pattern for simple quick knit bed socks are perfect to keep your toes cosy.

Replacing some very sad sorry two needle hand knit socks using a 1945 Australian Woman's Weekly pattern.

and a free 1940s beanie pattern Apparently, the online knitting crowd has gone full-on Vlogmas crazy on YouTube this year. It seems like...

Newly knitted, soft and squishy or rough and scratchy for those stubborn bits of leftover lunch Freshly laundered, new and shiny or old and holey.  Plain, simple and forever practical or full of elaborate patterns and fancy scalloped edges. Dishes might be boring but that doesn't mean your dish cloths have to be! Some of my plain and simple washcloths knitted in lovely Australian Cotton I do love a good dishie (wash cloth, dish cloth or if you are my Nan reincarnated a "flann