Investigating Vintage Sweaters with a Surprise Guest! (its my dog)

[@daisyfox2452]

The blue sweater with the wide collar is amazing

[@mirthevanhoorn]

Nutella going absolutely destroy-mode on the chair in the corner cracked me up xD

[@poples5799]

came here to say the same xD

[@TheDesertMarmot]

You've convinced me to order custom labels for my sweaters. I always assumed no one would care, but since I think it's so cool to know the names of those other women, I was clearly wrong.

[@NoeliaCardarelli]

For the orange cardigan: circular needles are a novelty for me, also the top to down technique, so I've knitted with straight needles all my life and worked with patterns made in separate pieces. But I have seen also (specially for babies/kids) a way to do the top part where you make all the separate pieces flat leaving the stitches in suspense, then you put everything in one needle in order (like one front, one arm, the back, the other arm and the other front) and continue knitting flat all the pieces together shaping the shoulders and neck. So that is my guess for how the orange cardigan was made

[@Quiltoholic]

Yey! I love the sweater/cardigan with the dots, and look forward to a pattern beeing available! And would love to see how you reconstruct it and write up the pattern.

[@kotkadziergotka9942]

The orange one is my favorite! ☺

[@bookbunny9]

Ohhh, I am in *love* with that light blue cardigan with the cable on the collar! 😍 Thanks for sharing your collection; I have my fingers crossed for your future patterns! 😁

[@squeezeboxpress]

Yes please please please make a pattern for the black & white sweater! I've been admiring it in your videos for so long and I would definitely knit it.

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

Oh the 80’s sweater! So reminds me of a sweater she made me. It was very very pink with puffed sleeves. I still own it but it’s too small. I think we need more puffed sleeves in our lives! That knitting set is really a great find! Well everything is actually!

[@heidiclarke2333]

That last sweater seems much to fitted for the 80s as an teen in the 80s everything was big, I knitted stuff on odd pins with drop stitches, or bat wing 😊 . It is a lovely shape and suits you really well.

[@ellenlevy8713]

I have my original interchangeable knitting needle set from the 70s (yeah, I’m that old), and the cables were always that stiff. I did use them, but I never enjoyed using the circular needles until I discovered Addi or ChiaoGoo. Nobody ever told me about soaking them in hot water.

[@irisl2508]

I have an interchangeable knitting needle kit from the 70's almost identical to yours with the same stiffness problem. I put the cable I needed under my heating pad until it was pliable and worked with it. The bends still aren't completely gone, but they are no problem to work with. I was afraid to put them into hot water as I didn't know if the coating on the wire would Crack, so the heating pad made sense to me.

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Nice sweater collection. I was not aware that circular needles were around in the 70s and just saw that they've been around since the early 20th century. 😲 Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@bonnielundholm5535]

I think the orange sweater was knit from the bottom up, so the raglan uses decreases instead of increases. I love the way the collar lays on that sweater.

[@fiberhijinks8279]

Finding a fully intact vintage interchangeable needle set is quite a find! All of the sweaters are very lovely, and the raglan sweater wheel sounds really interesting, I've never heard of that tool before.

[@dallasmandy]

I Love to look at the inside of clothes

[@genier7829]

I nominate the orange cardigan for pattern number 2, really fun.

[@jenniferknowles4238]

I had that interchangeable needle set! My friend found it at a garage sale and gave it to me. Mine had a blue and green floral cover and it was from the Sears Roebuck Co. I used it for a long time and loved that the different needle sizes were different color and that the range in size was large. However I found the joins to catch and the cables to be too stiff. I eventually gave it away. It was cool to see it again in your video 😀

[@moi3chats]

Love the pink fuschia sweater! What a great find! The cardigan your wearing is beautiful too. Looking forward to the patterns for both sweaters

[@Loralit4]

Oooh, I would love to see you video on knitting machines! 🧶

[@ramonacowman7409]

Wow! Great finds! Thank you for sharing!❤

[@badges3601]

your seahorse sweater reminds me of some Mary Maxim patterns that are still available today.

[@EdenYell]

I have the Sears Boye knitting needle set but in cowboy print on the case 🤠🐮🐄

[@jaykay4663]

Whoah, and then a little down the thread is a screen shot of June Cleaver in the same sweater from the 1960s TV show Leave it to Beaver!

[@Nessi-dances]

Oooo, I'd love to try that sweater pattern. Thanks for sharing the construction details about the sweaters, there are so many options! 💜

[@deborahmartin8990]

I have long coveted a pattern for that gray stripy dotty cardigan, then I saw the blue collared cable fuzzy cardi and began coveting that as well, and now I've seen the glorious orange one with the neat sleeve construction and a pointy-back collar, I want that as well, please. We have great op shops (thrift stores) in Australia but I've never seen so many fab vintage jumpers before! 💚💚💚 Envy 💚💚💚

[@su.mioiyu-5008]

I am enriched by the details you go into. Well done!

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

I haven't knit anything beyond a scarf, but watching your videos makes me really want to learn more! I'll be looking forward to your patterns (and maybe start with something easier in the meantime)

[@juliecanknit2]

I purchased a raglan wheel after seeing it in Roxanne’s video too! It’s been >1 year since I bought it and it’s only served as decor so far haha. However, I want to use it to learn how to make a seamed raglan sweater!

[@jessmakingit]

Love to see your sweater stash. Please make the pattern for the light blue fuzzy cardi. I love that style. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

[@celticgoddess81]

I'm obsessed with the vintage interchangeable knitting needles. I have two kits that are Boye and I found that the ChiaoGoo cables and joiners work with some of my needles, and they are more flexible.

[@KnittingLulu]

I love the light blue cardigan! And that orange is very bold, wow. I would be forever grateful if you did a video on how you resize patterns to fit you - you usually mention that the suggested bust is off by a bit in vintage patterns. I am always shocked how small your pieces seem when you're working on them, but once on, they fit you perfectly! I need this knowledge because I struggle with adjusting patter sizes to fit me 😬

[@DeeDeeCatMom]

OMG that circular needle set is amazing!! I especially love the 80s doing 40s mauve sweater, I'd buy that pattern in a heartbeat, and the seahorse sweater is super cute too 🤗

[@mariebray9831]

If the cardigan you are wearing is made with slipped stiches making the honeycomb or mosaic effect I owned this pattern until my house was flooded in 2020. I'm sure it was a 1980's or 1990's pattern with vintage vibes.

[@kristalpower292]

Last night I was going through Etsy looking for a handmade bag/case for my fixed circular needles and saw a similar interchanged needle set. It was incomplete but now I know when it’s from. I thought it was cool. Thanks for the additional information.

[@giantslug5427]

omg I am so excited for the sweater pattern!! I will keep my eye out for the testing call :) These sweaters all had such interesting collars.

[@cynthiawick216]

Your black-grey-white cardigan looks to me a lot like a Stephen West Bubble cardigan, though not having made it, I’m not sure. Maybe he was inspired by a vintage pattern. I just *love* the shape of that orange cardigan!!! When you figure out how to make it, I’d love to try it for myself! You must have a great Goodwill store. As for storage, my mother had (too) many sweaters, some of which she piled up on shelves, some went into her cedar chest, and others were stored in zipped bags. A couple of her zipped bags were similar to the hanging sort that are used for coats etc., but inside they had relatively soft shelves, so that one could store sweaters folded in small piles (usually 3 or 4). Those were great for keeping them clean & away from moths, plus they could be hung in closets, where she had space.

[@erikaantonsson9327]

the kit! 😍 I'm so jealous, it's sooo cute! this was so much fun to watch!

[@faithlinkministries]

if you are trying to free up you knitting needle tools and they are metal Kerosene is wonderful I use it all the time on my vintage sewing machines.💞

[@christianeedel5160]

Love the design of the orange one, hope you can figure out a pattern for that one day, too!

[@half-caffcrochet]

Oh my gosh that retro needle kit is wild! So cool!

[@franlevaillant6749]

The orange is definitely my favourite design-wise. I can understand knitting a raglan cardigan flat in pieces but then joining those pieces to work the yoke together. That way you can seam from the hem to the cuff (or vice versa) on each side and you’re all done apart from the collar. I personally get really frustrated that my stockinette gauge in the round is noticeably tighter than when I’m knitting flat, and I don’t mind purling, so when knitting “seamless” raglan cardigans top-down, I have in the past added some selvedge stitches to the sleeves at the underarm and knit them flat. The inconvenience of seaming them up at the end is less than the inconvenience of messing around with needle sizes to maintain my existing gauge. 😅

[@nancymoore8949]

I soak stubborn circular needles in water that has just finished boiling. It seems to work great. I don’t know about vintage needles, though.

[@kathleencollins1709]

What a find in that interchangables kit, I would be careful soaking it in water, there will be some sort of adhesive holding the ends in and it may fail with the water, it may also fail with heat unfortunately so something to submerge just the wires in the warm water and not the ends might be an idea. Looking forward to the pattern for the sweater you were wearing, would love to knit it, test or otherwise

[@aleksandramakari]

My grandma made sweaters for all her kids. I have two of the sweaters. Odd collar, looks folded over. Super fluffy. 1970's for sure because that's when they grew up.

[@autumnfox6788]

I love your videos and seeing all your vintage sweaters!! I'm a huge fan of Nutella's signature look too :) It would be cool to see you make a vintage-inspired sweater in her colors for a cute matching look and that photoshoot would be too frickin cute lol

[@elvanunlu]

Loves to Nutella!

[@sarahcaban5176]

I can’t express the joy I felt when you said you would be making and releasing a pattern for the vintage sweater!!! I’m so very stoked!!!!!! (Cue high pitch fangirl squealing)

[@LeeAnnahsCreations]

Love knitting to your videos! Currently working on my new Alan Dart toy pattern as I watched this.

[@cloudyclaudi681]

Loving all your gorgeous vintage finds and how you treasure them. I haven’t been lucky so far, neither during my trips to the US nor here in Europe. Looking forward to your pattern 🤗

[@linziharvey2518]

I’ve poured hot water over vintage circular needles to get out the decades old kinks and it works just fine! May not be exactly the same for yours, but it’s probably worth a try to make them usable 😊

[@moonbasket]

I loved this video! I was lucky enough to find a circular needle set at Michaels one time for half off and immediately jumped on it.

[@showandtellmeg]

Thats so awesome about the needle set! I've come across these at thrift stores before, but they are always missing more needles than they have. Im still always tempted to buy them just for their cute vintageness!

[@ClaudiaArnold]

The orange one looks like top-down raglan.

[@Sequoya]

I like your videos, and style. What good finds at the thrift store. No rush, but it would be cool to knit your patterns. I’m also a big fan of Roxanne Richardson. 😊

[@lisahodges8299]

Love the neon pumpkin cardi, I'm looking forward to your take on it! Birdy

[@colleenwnek3404]

Gorgeous finds! It never occurred to me to look for hand-knitted sweaters in the second-hand shops I visit. Now I will! And I'll be looking for your patterns based on your finds when you get them up for sale. No pressure! haha!

[@colleenwnek3404]

Oh, I also meant to say I joined your Patreon this week. :)

[@howcanikeepfromsinging]

You have found some lovely ones! I've never seen one like the seahorse one, but what a find for your mum! I think my favorite pattern is the orange one - it justlooksso nic4. Have you thought about trying to dye it with weak red dye to make it more pumkiny? Hard to tell what it's knit from through the screen though...

[@MijnWolden]

It's funny you use flat and seemed as a terminus post/ante quem for dating sweaters. My grandmom never knit a sweater in any other way, up until 2019. 😅

[@aukjevankolck1017]

I'm just learning to knit properly and am currently working on my first ever knit sweater (top down raglan). I'm also learning how to make cables, practicing continental knitting on circular needles and how to make knitted buttonholes. You have been a great inspiration to try new fibre crafts!

[@tissue522]

will definitely knit some of these gorgeous pieces when you come up with the patterns! such gems!

[@saracastlebury3669]

Kudos on the knitting needle kit! The case is so cool & what a find! Also- hi Nutella!! ❤

[@madeline_anne]

0:17 has prime tiny Nutella teefs

[@Stigne]

A few days ago I saw a yt video of curiosity incorporated and he found a yarn kit box like the ones Roxane had in one of her videos. I bet it comes with a matching pattern and its a beautiful dark red. I'm sure he will sell it soon. Maybe that's interesting to you? Have a lovely day, greetings from Hamburg.

[@teamaeblue896]

Love Nutella, vintage sweaters and mostly you and all your content

[@juliejay5436]

Orange sweater looks nice on you! At least, on my screen it does not look neon orange, but when you put it on, looks nice, you can totally rock in that bold orange!

[@wildsheepc]

What a great surprise guest! 🐶 Very happy to hear you're going to create a pattern with many sizes for that dot sweater. Not only because it's my favorite (well okay, maybe along with the fall leaves, Halloween, and now the SEAHORSES!), but because when I've gone looking for vintage sweater patterns to make for myself (a la you), I haven't found anything larger than about a size 8, or the one that was, was clearly for more "matronly types." :) Pets to Nutella!

[@retrocraftdreams]

I LOVE 80s sweaters, and when you mentioned making a pattern for the one you're wearing, my first thought (even though I've never been able to follow a pattern, nor have ever knit anything with shaping) was that I could totally make it look 80s. And then you got to the actual 80s one! While it's not the 80s sweater style I love most, I also am constantly amused by the way they so consistently took earlier styles and still somehow made them look so 80s. It's just such a distinct era and I love it for that! I'm a little jealous of your goodwill. No matter what I'm looking for, I never seem to live in places where people are giving good stuff. But I did get a daisy knitter from ebay not too long ago, as well as a couple other yarn gadgets, and I'm eagerly anticipating finding the time to try them out! Can't wait to see what you do with yours!

[@madameblathers5687]

Love your videos! Such cute sweaters! I was wondering if you could share your machine knitting converted pattern of the Autumn Leaves sweater? I'm new to machine knitting and would LOVE to make it myself ❤

[@madameblathers5687]

Also sign me up for any machine knitting pattern testing if you want that 😊

[@MrGraphite101]

I have a vintage 1930s knitting pattern book for the crazy daisy winder! Maybe I’ll post in online sometime ☺️

[@MrGraphite101]

Actually, 1948, not 1930s

[@meggamillion2014]

i love nutella making a bed in the background.

[@yessica3420]

If you’re taking requests, please please make a pattern for the pink/mauve sweater. It’s gorgeous!

[@franug]

the seahorse one and the lavander with the puff sleeves are my favorite!! I envy folks in the US with your huge thrift stores. In my country the ones we have are pretty meh...you'll never find those kinds of vintage handmade items😔

[@amykathleen2]

If it makes you feel any better, most of ours are pretty meh too. Finds like the ones in this video are rare and worth bragging about, and honestly require pretty significant dedication to thrift shopping as a hobby. Most of what is in most thrift stores is less “one man’s trash, another man’s treasure,” and more “there is definitely a reason why someone got rid of this.”

[@venomwoolknits]

I absolutely love that folded collar on the red one, that looks so good! Maybe just do a tutorial on making that part rather than the whole piece... And I love the comedy value of you very sincerely describing the raglan wheel with Nutella just doing her thing in the background 😂

[@evab.2141]

Love this episode and all those marvellous sweaters! I´d be very interested in knitting the dotted cardigan according to a pattern provided by you. So count me in ;-). Already thought of getting back to you with a question concerning the episode "Can I knit a vintage sweater in one day?". I don´t think I could get hold of the vintage yarn you used for that project here in Germany. So, do you by any chance remember how many meters and grams there are in a skein? I´d love to see if I can find some yarn with comparable specs in my area. Thank you very much in advance. Lots of love to you and cute Nutella.

[@Punki80]

I have become a big fan of crazy 1980s sweaters, the the more colourful, the better, but I haven´t dared to buy a lot of these yet, and also I can never find these for 6 bucks or so, I always go to Vinted or other second hand sites, but people know what they have and so they are much more costly. I only wish I could knit more than just rectangles 😂. I have no idea about cables or different shapes like you need for a sweater, I really can only do rectangular shapes as in a scarf or so. And I have no idea how to read knitting patterns. It is such a shame, because otherwise I would knit crazy sweaters from old patterns for myself. But there is no one who can teach me.

[@naritariko9390]

How do they still look so new? 😯 My knitwear is maximum 3 years old and they look extremely worn out (even if I haven't worn them so often) 😢

[@denisegore1884]

What sort of yarns are you using as I have knitwear that's 20 years old and worn a lot that still looks fabulous.

[@franug]

probably down to the material! Some yarns get worn out super quick

[@bathildat8136]

Oh I love all those sweaters 🤩 I reeeeally want to knit that light blue Cardigan, because I absolutely adore it! Du you think 340g of Mohair Wool is enough for this? I found that quantity in a thrift store and instantly thought of that sweater 🥰😍 I´d be so happy if you´d answer me 😄 Also, I´m a huge fan of your Content, please keep going 😃

[@loveinseattle]

Being knit flat and seamed up doesn't imply that it was knit before the 70s? People still knit sweaters flat and seam them, right now. I'm very confused by your method of dating these sweaters.

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