Crochet 70's Style

As you know I am a vintage pattern woman at heart and I am still somewhat of a hippie by nature even if I don't always have the courage to dress like one any more. I have got a lot more conventional as I have got older but now maybe it is time to revert back before I leave it too late. I had this pattern in the 70's but lost it (or it was borrowed!). I saw the design first of all on the Liver Birds TV series that ran for years about two Liverpool girls who shared a flat. Beryl had quite colourful fashion ideas and she used to wear a waistcoat like this but in very bright colours on the show. I have never managed to find a copy of this pattern and asked on Ravelry to see if anyone could help me out. True to form I got help. Maureen (Mehalah on Ravelry) saw it advertised on e bay and bid for it for me. I can't tell you how much pleasure that I got from one pattern. I chose slightly more subdued colours that are more in my colour range than the ones on the pattern. I have many purple and pink sweaters in my wardrobe that I can wear this over. I think that I should have made a colour change with the back as nothing says look at my bum more than putting a huge pink bulls eye on it. I had better not go into Sherwood forest in case there are any archers still in there or pass any rifle ranges in case someone mistakes me for the target! I think that the frog type fastening and the colour illusion is quite slimming from the front as it makes me look like I have a waist.

The back view looks a bit wonky on the circle bit as I didn't check the fit in a mirror before I took the photo. It's very hard to take one's own photo especially with a camera that was given to me without instructions. I know that it has a delay timer on it somewhere but I haven't managed to find it yet. I have to press the shutter and hobble as fast as I can to where I should be. I take loads of blurred off centre photos believe me. Thank goodness for digital cameras.



I hung the waistcoat on the line so that you could see the full length of it but it does look a bit long and droopy on a hanger.



I had hoped that the pink bulls eye centre would show up better hanging on the line but unfortunately because it has gone longer it doesn't show as much. Now this waistcoat is finished and out of the way I must return to my knitting that I left when Buster came to visit. First though I must crochet a few flowers to decorate some lamp posts around the Islington Mill. It is part of a project that the knitting club that I belong to is taking part in.

Today is a lovely sunny day once again so the housework has got side lined. Tomorrow may rain and then I can hoover lol. On days like this I do the bare minimum of housework. Perhaps I should be a hippie and live in a caravan or a tent. But then, on the other hand, I think at my age I would be more concerned about a comfy bed and being warm enough plus it wouldn't be much of a roving life without a car to get about with. I think that I will just be a sort of hippie and still live in my house.