1960s Vintage Wild West Kid Knitting Patterns p27 Nomis

1960s Nomis Yarn Company WIld West Sweaters for young Cowboys and girls
by Gretchen Baum
No date so could be earlier reprint (old timey looking) but ads show smiley faces and Flower Power so this was printed in 1960s
Nomis volume 10

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 Found some fabulous vintage crochet and knitting  books on Sunday at a huge textile auction held in an artist's loft.   Three cases of them so I may be listing these for quite a while.

Beautiful 1960 soft cover booklet  with 27 pages and packed wild west style pullover and cardigans to the young cowboy or cowgirl.  Author is Gretchen Baum (I have a few more of her booklets to list), and all of these are just so sweet.

The decorative horse, star, bucking bronco, horseshoes, etc are charted patterns that are clear and look easy to follow. 

Includes the following sweaters jumpers and charted patterns:

boy's sweater or jumper (as our UK members say) with rodeo rider on front

cardigan (unisex) with stars on chest like a two star sheriff and decoration bottom of badges AND a gun on the back

thunderbird cardigan with Native American thunderbird on one shoulder and arrows, symbols on opposite bottom

Lucky ponies:  pullover with two horse heads facing each other on chest with horseshoe in between. Pattern is on a yoke of the sweater

Desert flower: girl's cardigan with flowers on yoke, bottom of sleeves and back yoke  - beautiful

Texas longhorn:  pullover with longhorn head on the chest and decorative rope highlighting it- boys are going to love this one

Cattle brands:  yoke of pullover is covered with various cattle brands as are the cuffs and lower parts of the sleeves. Show in lighter colored sweater jumper body and dark yoke, cuffs and lower ribbing

cowboy: pullover with a full figure cowoy with chaps, roping something.  This motif is on the chest

prairie cactus: pullover in darker color with lighter yoke decorated with cactus.  Lower sleeves too.  Actually has a cow skull on this one right under the neckband.  Again, boys will love this one! 

Nicely designed sweaters jumpers.  Little touches like "rope" design around the motif makes these beautiful items for knitting for kids. 

Designer gives a variety of sizes, looks like the items range from size 4 to size 12 and she explains that size is easy to change via her instructions.  All of the sweaters apper to be same basic design, so will be easy to knit a larger size and put on the design of your choice.


Patterns for the sweaters are easy to follow, all are in basic knitting stitches for are fine for beginners and advance knitteer alike.  Charts are clear and not too complicated for most knitters can easily follow the patterns.

Age;  patterns looks very 1950s, but this is not dated (and I never heard of the Nomis Yarn Company).  Advertising in  front cover do show some very 1960s patterns, ponchos and smiley faces so this is from that era.  But I do not discount that author wrote/designed this a few years earlier.

Condition:  very good for its age.  Light scuffing and smudging on covers and wear and folds along spine. Corners have a bit of curl/wear.  No marking inside. Back cover has some folds but it and pages are flat and still crisp.  


Beautiful  soft cover book that is a great reference.   I got a bargain on these books (bought three big cases of vintage crochet and knitting books) so am passing the savings on to you.  Lots more to come!

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