Look what I got from my boyfriend! In the recycling store where he volunteers he found a decade of Ariadne magazines – 1960 to 1961.

Ariadne was a craft magazine that featured all needle crafts, from knitting and crochet to embroidery and macrame. Nowadays it turned into a home design type of magazine. Not very creative or interesting anymore unfortunately.

I have chosen the year of my birth, 1961, for a selection of some of the knitting highlights. If you are interested in any of the patterns, just let me know. I will scan them for you.

Bathing suit for the beach, suitable for ages 1-2 and 2-4.

So stylish, the men of those days! Now that beards have come back, maybe pipes will as well!

Paris knitting tricks: pompons, frills and ruffles.

Deux-pièces à la Chanel with fashionable accents.