Vintage Resources

As I mentioned before, I am learning how to knit and how to crochet.

Recently, I found some really interesting vintage resources.  First is this McCall's crochet book. 

 This edition was published in 1968.  There are easy to follow demonstrations for all sorts of stitches and techniques. 

And plenty of patterns for dresses and sweaters...

Second is this Vogue knitting magazine.  This is the Fall/Winter 1986 issue. 

it is full of great knitting information and plenty of patterns:

Both of these resources are so helpful and are really fun to read! 

Organization - Knitting Journal

Continuing on with my organizing, the latest craft I have organized is my knitting.  I would describe myself as a beginning knitter but I have more than a few knitters in my family.  Because of them, I have inherited quite the needle and yarn stashes.  I decided to make up a knitting journal along the lines of my embroidery and sewing journals.

This journal has pages for everything knitting related.  I included pages to record all the yarn I have with an area to attach a sample of the yarn and of course all the yarn details:

Same with needles.  I have mostly single pointed needles in my collection, but I included a page for double pointed needles and a page for circular needles.  I am really happy to have all my sizes organized and to know which sizes I still want to add to my collection.
 

I also added an editable feature.  I can type whatever category title I want on this page to customize the binder:

Same with these binder tabs.  It is really easy to type in whatever titles or words I want and print them.  If the categories change, I can type in new categories and print:

I am recording my various knitting projects.  So many details to remember:

I have listed this knitting journal in my Etsy shop.  I made these in pink, blue, lavender and black.