r/vintagecrochet

I’m always on the hunt for weird vintage patterns I can find in the wild. I scored this for $6! I had to have it once I saw the optical illusion blanket and the Victorian blouse. There’s over forty patterns in this thing for women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing as well as home decor and an introduction to crochet section. It includes several patterns to customize existing clothes with her signature Magic Mandala insert design on top of actually wearable designs. Looks like I need to find some angora and some cotton somewhere…

Per the title page and publication info page, Shanie Jacobs’ Crochet Book by Shanie Jacobs was published in 1979 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. and this version is a first printing.

Let me know if you want to see any of the pieces or the glossy photo pages!!!

It’s probably one of the most boring things I’ve ever forced myself to do for a craft but atm it takes about 15 minutes per square (time it took divided by squares done ).
If anyone has any 6 row repeat c2c lace I could add to add more interest that be cool af. I’m using this as motivation to try and do bobbin lace spiders properly 😂

But I’m up to about a foot on all sides in size

I just scored over 150 of these small vintage spools of crochet thread on FB marketplace for only $2!! Now I’m looking for small items to crochet using these. Can anyone help share some patterns? Thanks in advance!!

The one on the left is her’s, much tighter stitches than mine and still smells like her kitchen!
I have such renewed respect for her workmanship!!
The pattern is the lantern hot pad from a 1950 book called Suggestions for fairs and bazaars.

can anyone transalte this dutch pattern into english. it is the oldest crochet pattern released from around 1820. and i want to crochet this purse for school

My mom just showed me this beautiful piece that was made by my great great grandmother and my mind was blown by how long this must have taken to make! Has anyone seen this particular pattern before? I found some similar-ish with google image search, but couldn’t find anything exact. She lived to almost 100 years old (from 1872- 1971) so it could have been from anywhere within that timeframe. It’s roughly the size that would fit a full size bed. I wish I knew more about it!