free needlework patterns

I have quite a few vintage needlework books, and have decided to share the patterns, in case anyone is interested.

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Just so we are clear on what this blog is about, I have some pattern and crafting books from the 60s/70s, and I would like to share their contents on here.

Unless requested by the copyright holder, I will keep the patterns up, including photos in the case of cross stitch patterns and in general the final product appearance, but I will be hand typing the patterns myself, rather than photocopying from the books.

I myself started crocheting only about two years ago, and found it hard to get decent quality, free patterns, and all of the books I possess were donated to a charity shop to rot before I started picking them up out of curiosity.

I will include as detailed citations as I can for the books that I'll be sharing from, and I will try to update regularly.

I plan to keep the bare-bones look of this blog for now, so I can focus on building up content, rather than worry about personal aethetics, as this is more like lending you all a book I own... only, you know, online 👀

Please enjoy this free service, and show appreciation just by following, and if you decide to make one of the works, feel free to tag me! I would love to see these older patterns given new life! ❤️

Hope you're having a nice day, and happy crafting.

Sincerely,

Zie F.

Edit: Since it takes a lot of time to type these things out myself, I will also be sharing links to free patterns and/or tutorials that I have found helpful or interesting!

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I apologize for the wait, and I promise I'm doing okay now, but I'm a bit clumsy and ended up taking a tumble down the hardwood stairs in my house.

I ended up unconscious for a few minutes, but luckily my partner was home and able to call for an ambulance. I was held in the hospital for observation and testing, and while everything came back clear with no serious head trauma and no broken bones, I am bruised to high heaven, and just woke up from sleeping in my bed for the first time in a few days (and after a Vicodin to help with all the pain).

I have a serious back injury from a few years ago that is flaring up, but luckily wasn't made worse from the fall.

Go figure, I try to start this blog up and end up in the hospital hahaha

Again, everything is fine, just aching really badly, and I'm still a little loopy from the Vicodin, but I will hopefully be able to get down the stairs again tomorrow to get to my books and start in on this blog project again!

(I'll eventually private this post, but thank you again so much to the people already following. It really means a lot ❤️)

All my best, and pay attention on stairs,

Zie F.

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Thank you for the influx of followers! I had some volunteer work that over the last few days that I had signed up for before deciding to make this blog, and I appreciate you all for the early follows before any content is up.

I don't have anything planned today, so I'm going to finish up typing out the first (kind of goofy) pattern from one of the books today, as well as making a recommendation to a website I swear by, but they will be posts by themselves.

Stay tuned!