A puzzle for you
Does anyone recognize this pattern? It's a machine-knit sample, obviously, but I'm thinking: anything a machine can knit, a human can knit, right? (Perhaps not for as long a period...) But even if it were just a swatch and never anything more, I'd love to know this pattern. It sort of owned the world during the 70s and hasn't really been seen that much since, until the recent revival (of the 70s, I mean), and except at Missoni (swoon).
I have checked the Barbara Walker Treasury Project, which is a little hard to search if you don't already know the pattern name. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could upload a swatch image and have the Project match it for you? I bet that's possible in our world now, although perhaps not so cheap we could include it with free cooperative pattern repositories.
Speaking of Missoni, I stumbled across this camisole while innocently perusing eBay for pattern samples. (You should totally check it out; it's got boning inside the bra cups.) Doesn't it look for all the world like a Mason-Dixon warshrag? I am very inspired by this idea; you should not be surprised to see me in a warshrag cami this summer, complete with frothy bra-part made from some vintage furbelow.
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Is this a sample that you have or is it from The Infobahn? I bet we could figure it out. We'll draw straws....
It also seems it would be mildly more difficult to find through BW as it is multicolor and aren't most of the pattern swatches there solid....?
Yep, the BW Project swatches are all solid, unfortunately. Makes it a somewhat sad experience browsing there, although I expect they require solids for maximum pattern clarity.
My sample is actually thrifted fabric that I own. I haven't tried to frog it because, you know, not that clever, but I would love to do it with you, if you're game. Alayne's, Sunday?
From this image, it almost looks like it will be a variation on something more common, with the variation being to knit every row or something along those lines, you know? Which, of course, adds tot eh difficulty in pinpointing what it is/how it is done. We'll see! I should be there Sunday - I'll bring a loupe and have a go at it.
OMG. You'll bring your loupe. Cannot wait.
I love the BW Project. . . . getting some ideas for wedding shawl action.
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