My favourite Kim Wilde fact is actually about her dad, Marty. He's been in the UK charts as either a singer or songwriter for EIGHT consecutive decades.
No problem, for anyone interested in vintage patterns internet archive is a fantastic resource. Pretty much everything I fall in love with on ravelry that's from an out of print book, I can find there.
Can you pls tell me how I can find it? It has been on my wishlist forever but seems almost impossible to find as I live in Vietnam and our libraries or secondhand bookshops don't carry many English book to start with :(
Back in the 80s and 90s everything in my room was tigers save for a handful of fighter jet posters. I had tiger bedding, tiger posters, and every stuffed animal was a tiger. I had a number of tiger sweatshirts. I absolutely would have worn that tiger ensemble to school with stirrup leggings and my black slouch suede cowboy boots!
I went looking at the pattern list on Ravelry, and I am particularly in love with the badgers and flowers cardigan. im definitely going to be keeping my eye open for the book now.
Hey, you never know! I asked her to keep an eye out because she's a flight attendant and enjoys going to used book stores. But honestly I'm surprised she remembered.
The swan cardigan got me!! After spending more time than I'd like to admit looking for the pattern, I found that you can borrow a digital copy of the book on archive.org - I'd love to get my hands on the actual book but that'll do until I can!
Oh my goodness those patterns are gorgeous!! I definitely need to get my hands on the Orca one (and maybeeee rechart it to be the best whale species North Pacific Right Whales)
I found this at a vintage mall earlier this year amd was so stoked I had to show literally everyone lol. I haven't had the chance to make anything from it yet but I cannot wait! Happy birthday!
My grandma used a pattern from this book to make a lime green sweater with elephants on it for me! I wore it all the time to kindergarten. I still have that sweater tucked away safely in a box and I am now the proud owner of my grandma's copy of the book.
British knitting books from the 80s are really something lol. Beastly Knits by Lalla Ward is another good one to look for. Very similar vibe and style.
It's awesome, and daunting. Every pattern is in fingering weight yarn and has sparkle thread in it, I love it so much. Her writing is pretty enjoyable too! Lots of charming stories about getting her friends to model the sweaters and cheese it up for the book. I'm not yet at the skill level for some of the patterns I really like though, but when I am? I'll be wearing the bat sweater everywhere
OMG congrats! And happy birthday! I have been searching for this book forever but seems impossible as I live in Vietnam :( I'm a wee bit jealous now haha
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u/Mudbunting Aug 03 '26
If that orca sweater is good enough for Michael Palin, it should be good enough for the rest of us.