This is a blog for people who love Art, Knitting, embroidering, old knitting and embroidery patterns and dogs!

Plus some Mid Century design and gardening, thrown in for good measure too.

I live in a small town in New Zealand, in a cool (well I think its cool) 1960s house. Photos will come in due course of why it is so special

I am still coming to grips with formatting and adding the photos so bear with me ....

1940s Airedale Terrier

When I look through my patterns its not always the knitwear that catches my eye, I'm often taken with the 'props', accessories or style (hair/eyebrows) of the time ... here are some images of

- Dogs As Props


I really love the images with dogs - dogs were/are as much as a fashion accessory as jewellery and various breeds featured more often during certain periods .. Afghan Hounds during the Seventies, the Scottish Terrier, 1930s and poodle in the Fifties . this reflects the waxing and waning popularity of dog breeds in the wider communtiy.

Dalmation Puppy - Stitchcraft 1960s

Poodles, featured in the English Stitchcraft
magazines a lot in the 1950s

1960

Stitchcraft 237- 1953

1958

1951

Setter 1965

Vogue Knitting advert - 1966