Here’s a pretty twin set from My Home magazine’s 1955 Christmas edition. My Home was a British publication “for women who love their home”. I’ve compiled the pattern into a PDF to download.
Knitting pattern – 3.5mb PDF
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1955 Twin Set – free knitting pattern
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2010
Canberra, 1955: Home Beautiful special feature
Tags: 1950s, 1955, acrchitecture, architecture, canberra, floor plans, furniture, Home Beautiful, houses, Housing, magazine, mid-century modern, modernist, pottery, retro, vintage
In my large pile of vintage home and fashion magazines, which I am slowly scanning my way through, there is this:
A March 1955 special feature on Canberra. Canberra was a relatively new city, and after WWII, modern architecture sprang up everywhere alongside the original Californian bungalows and (almost Arts and Crafts) cottages. There are many [...]
