My secret love of vintage craft books stems back to my childhood, when mom had us rummage through her school library’s discontinued pile. I had a bright yellow craft book from the ’60s that walked me through carving designs in forest mushrooms and making potato stamps. I loved that book, and many others after it. It is very satisfying to renew the ideas in old books. My latest acquisition is from 1976 Japan and I can’t wait to learn to knit and crochet again through the technicolor illustrations. I’m sure I’ll learn something new, because if  I know anything about old books it’s that they hold some kind of forgotten brilliance. Basic Crochet & Knit from Ondori Publications
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My secret love of vintage craft books stems back to my childhood, when mom had us rummage through her school library’s discontinued pile. I had a bright yellow craft book from the ’60s that walked me through carving designs in forest mushrooms and making potato stamps. I loved that book, and many others after it. It is very satisfying to renew the ideas in old books.

My latest acquisition is from 1976 Japan and I can’t wait to learn to knit and crochet again through the technicolor illustrations. I’m sure I’ll learn something new, because if  I know anything about old books it’s that they hold some kind of forgotten brilliance.

Basic Crochet & Knit from Ondori Publications

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