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SPEAKING OF FIFTIES & SIXTIES SWEATERS – SOME FUN EXAMPLES TO KNIT AT HOME!

SPEAKING OF FIFTIES & SIXTIES SWEATERS – SOME FUN EXAMPLES TO KNIT AT HOME!.

TRUE VINTAGE CASUAL SWEATERS FROM THE FIFTIES – A CUTE PAIR OF TWINS FOR THE SWEATER GIRLS

TRUE VINTAGE CASUAL SWEATERS FROM THE FIFTIES – A CUTE PAIR OF TWINS FOR THE SWEATER GIRLS.

TRUE VINTAGE HAND-KNIT FALL STYLES FROM THE FIFTIES – SO SPORTY AND ELEGANT

HAND-KNIT FALL STYLES FROM THE FIFTIES – SO SPORTY AND ELEGANT.

I RE-STYLED A GREAT TRUE VINTAGE 1940’S WIGGLE DRESS!

I RE-STYLED A GREAT TRUE VINTAGE 1940'S WIGGLE DRESS!.

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME! 1950’S/1960’S SWEATERS THAT MOM & GRANDMA WERE BUSY KNITTING . . . . .

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME! 1950'S/1960'S SWEATERS THAT MOM & GRANDMA WERE BUSY KNITTING . . . . ..

ANOTHER “NEW” FIND – TRUE VINTAGE MID-SIXTIES – 1970’S EMPIRE WAIST SEMI-FORMAL LONG DRESS IN NAVY

ANOTHER "NEW" FIND – TRUE VINTAGE MID-SIXTIES – 1970'S EMPIRE WAIST SEMI-FORMAL LONG DRESS IN NAVY.

A TRUE VINTAGE DO-IT-YOURSELF WARDROBE PLAN FOR YOUR 1956 OCEAN CRUISE

A TRUE VINTAGE DO-IT-YOURSELF WARDROBE PLAN FOR YOUR 1956 OCEAN CRUISE.

A LITTLE TRUE VINTAGE ’70’S BLACK & WHITE KNIT DRESS – SO SMART AND CHIC!

A LITTLE TRUE VINTAGE '70'S BLACK & WHITE KNIT DRESS – SO SMART AND CHIC!.

HEY, MOM – CAN YOU KNIT THIS DRESS FOR THE PROM BY NEXT SATURDAY?

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Can you even imagine?! In the mid-1950’s this might have replaced a trip to Macy’s or Saks or Marshall Field’s for the new dress. Doris’ fingers would fly while she watched I Love Lucy and Peggy Sue would dream of the perfect matching pumps.

This is a real photo with accompanying instructions from a McCall’s needlework magazine. Amazing!

Morgana Martin, the Magicvintagespy
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HAND-MADE SWEATERS FROM THE 1950’S

HAND-MADE SWEATERS FROM THE 1950'S.