Stitching for Victory

If you like vintage, make do and mend and a bit of history, you will LOVE this book. Suzanne Griffith has written an amazing book on war time stitchery. (I'm mentioned in the credits for my research into stitch and occupational therapy!) Available on Amazon and in museum shops.

Vintage Cami 1944

It is amazing what you can find in book shops. I came across a 1964 Stitchcraft and they seemed to be just as interested in vintage designs as we are today. Here is a beautiful knitted cami from an age when people had the time and inclination to knit such things. I think though given the shortage of materials during WWII and especially this late in the war, it was something of an aspirational design even then.