r/knittingpatterns • u/efairbairns • 1d ago

Searching for 80s pattern

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This is a long shot, but I am looking for a pattern in an old knitting magazine called Knitting with Simplicity from the late 80s. The magazine ran for about 3 years. I'm looking for the issue with pattern No. 28 “Floral Cardigan” and No. 29 “Floral Pullover”. I'm not 100% sure that it's from this periodical, but I'm fairly sure it was. This is a photo of the sweater I am looking for. Can anyone help me find it?

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u/YavienIV 22h ago

This is a VERY long shot indeed, I tried my best with my internet sleuthing but it appears that like many other magazines pumped by (often predominantly sewing) big companies, no one digitized them to sell or scanned them for archiving purposes. But I hope someone ITT knows something!

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u/babobaab 20h ago

You can try Internet Archive for a scanned version and Ravelry (will trade or sell, but sometimes folks who have a book/mag not for sale are actually willing to sell. People also sell individual mags on Ebay and Etsy and various antiquarian websites.

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u/zorbina 19h ago

You could try posting in one of these Ravelry groups:

Pattern Detectives

Book Destash & ISO

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u/zorbina 18h ago

Interesting. It appears that Marlijn may be the name of the model in the photo, and the text in the lower right corner is the name of the agency representing her.