From the 1960 edition of McCall's Golden Do-it Book, here are some beginner, straight-line knitting projects and quick to make. This marvelous book is available for one-hour loan only at the Internet Archive.
Little Grey Bungalow
From the 1960 edition of McCall's Golden Do-it Book, here are some beginner, straight-line knitting projects and quick to make. This marvelous book is available for one-hour loan only at the Internet Archive.
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One year our grandmother made my sister and me winter hats for Christmas. They were simply knitted rectangles with the front edge turned back to make a sort of brim and then folded in half and sewn up the back. My sister's hat had three little pom-poms along the top of her head. Mine had one large one at the peak in the back. I cannot tell you how many times kids yanked that pom-pom and my hat fall off my head! I BEGGED her to remove it and put little ones across the top. "Those are for babies like your little sister."
I ended up removing it myself and tucking it that point to make the back of the hat more rounded.
My grandmother was not amused.
There's an old (pre-WWI) German knitting pattern that I have filed somewhere where the pompom is pulled forward to meet the rolled up cuff. Pretty in an odd sort of a way, but still a target.
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