Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Crochet - A Man's Tie from 1952


From the December, 1952 issue of Workbasket, a crochet tie.  Two pages of instructions on my Flickr account.

6 comments:

Sam said...

This would be perfect if we do "Bye Bye Birdie" but it looks more like "Oklahoma" for the spring musical.

Bunnykins said...

Sam - I do remember narrow tightly knitted ties as being very 'new' very 'Ivy League' when narrow cut clothes came in to replace the 40s boxy jackets and pleated pants, along with those little fedoras. (under the heading of OMG, I'm old)

Kathleen C. said...

Also very appropriate for something in the late 1970's to early 80's... the "New Wave" look had a lot of 50's influences.
Everything old is new again...

Lady Anne said...

I don't know where I was when all of this was going on. I do remember my mum making my dad ties during the early 80s - wild, flowery things. Sometimes, she'd make herself a dress and make him a matching necktie. (No wonder he tried to wear a clerical collar as much as possible!)

Shay said...

Ah, Sam, use them for suspenders!

Sam said...

I could use some good suspenders on the show I open on 11/3. Got 2 boys with no hips (hate them!) and their pants keep slipping down. Off to pin 1" wide elastic on those pants. And thanks for all the giggles imagining the flowery ties, Lady Anne.