I Couldn't Resist ....

.... when I saw that this knitting pattern was still in the charity shop in Billericay.

I find it amazing (and mildly shocking) that models have been posed for a knitting pattern in the act of lighting a cigarette!!  Presumably in the 1950s this was considered the height of sophistication.

I also picked up a few other vintage patterns in the same shop.

These incredibly conservative-looking (with both a big and small 'C') boys in their cable-knit jumpers.

This vibrantly-coloured pattern for dolls clothes.

And a slightly more modern 'bazaar (or should that be bizarre) goods' pattern.  I rather like the idea of a crow hot-water-bottle cover.