Spring-like thrifting

Thrifted goodies, from north across the border again.

The sunny one on the right is even 100% cotton.  The pink on the left, I'm not so sure about the content.  Can't decide whether to cut into these sheets someday or use them as intended.

Just a small bit of this gorgeous barkcloth, which is much nicer in person.   The texture and colors of barkcloth really don't come across very well in pictures, do they?

I'm loving finding, and actually using, bits of vintage wrapping paper like these for presents, although I don't see them often.  When I do, they pretty well almost give them away.  Also, found two invisible zippers in the very length I was looking for, although neither are brown.  Does the color really matter if it's going to be "invisible"?  Scans of a couple of the papers, because they are so Spring-like:

A couple of knitting pattern booklets, too, including the pattern for THE SQUIRREL SWEATER Michelle thrifted for her son last fall!:

After poking around online for awhile, I'm feel pretty sure that this is long out of print and no longer available from the publishers, appearing to be for sale now only on ebay and through used book dealers, even though Patons and what I think could be the same Beehive  Wool still exist in some form today.  So, I think it's OK to share the squirrel chart here.  Feel free to let me know otherwise.

Sure, the pattern is written for size 2 to 12 but I'm thinking that if I don't want to have to wait until I have grandchildren, I'd better get knitting on this for E while he's 5 and still young enough to think that a squirrel sweater, handmade by his mom, is cool.  Either that or I'm going to have to knit one for myself, and somehow I don't think that'd be quite so cute.

Comments

[melissa]

That squirell sweater is so cute! If you make it for E, i hope you share it once you are finished! and those fabric and paper finds are true treasures!! I just love them!

[Jodi]

Love the squirrel sweater! Many thanks for sharing the chart. I hope you do knit one up for us all to admire.

[Berlinswhimsy]

Thank you for the squirrel chart! My daughter would wear one and it is SOOOO cute! In fact, I might even wear one ;-)! Also, I like the other sweater in that pattern---especially that button band on the front.

Your treasures look very similar to some of the things I've found lately. They all bring on so much nostalgia for my childhood (especially that Merry Christmas paper---I remember that!).

[Holly]

Love the fabrics. What a cool find. Trip looks great as well. Happy Easter.

[kaet]

i love looking at old fabric and knitting patterns...so thank you for sharing and allowing me to indulge!

[aurora fox]

wow! my Grandma (who also taught me to knit) knit me a red sweater just like the squirrel one in about 1958---but mine had a horse head on the back....a black horse with a white blaze on its forehead--I loved that sweater....

[Cindy]

Crack up - I have this same pattern in my collection (read large pile) I made a granny square out of the squirrel pattern to patch up an old granny square quilt that needed mending. Have fun!