“Found this 1985 knitting pattern book in a second hand book sale – felt the need to share them with the world,” writes Wit Knits.
Michele Brandreth, Gyles Brandreth
The book features faces from 1980s British TV. Actor Richard ‘The Good Life’ Briers, Joanna ‘Avengers’ Lumley, ‘Mad’ Lizzie Webb, morning telly’s Anne Diamond, John ‘I’m Free’ Inman, Simon ‘Hi-De-Hi’ Cadell, Bonnie ‘I’ll scream and scream until I’m sick” Langford, impressionist Faith Brown, Matthew ‘Game for a Laugh’ Kelly, Christopher ‘no job too small’ Biggins and Gyles Brandreth, an actor who became a Tory MP.
Designs are by George Hostler.
Christopher Biggins
Simon Cadell
Christopher Biggins
Anne Diamond
Christopher Biggins
Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly
Roddy Llewellyn
John Inman
Rosalind Ayres
Bonnie Langford
David Shilling
David Shilling
Martin Jarvis
Floella Benjamin
Jane Asher
Richard Briers
Linda O’Brien
Gyles Brandreth
Lizzie Webb
From Wit Knits. Lively and original hand-knitting design. Via Wit Knits tumblr.
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