Recently I have been knitting a couple of things in my spare time which I hope to be able to finish and add to my wardrobe in the not-too-distant future. I have made a start on a cardigan for Knit For Victory (at the time of writing I haven't got around to adding any photos to the Flikr group but at least I've done some actual knitting).


I'm using a pattern belonging to my mum which I believe is from the 1980s but which has a classic feel which I think will work well for a 1940s look. So far I've only done some of the back of the cardigan. I'm a slow knitter and I really don't have much time for knitting at the moment what with all my university coursework, but I'm plodding ahead.



 I've been following the instructions for a 34" bust,which should be the right size for me, but it looks like it's going to come out too big. If it is too big though, I'll probably just knit another one in a different colour and a smaller size. I'm very short of knitwear at the moment so it'll be useful either way. I have already knitted a beret in the same colour wool which will make a lovely matching set once I've finished the cardigan.

 I have also been working on knitting the 3 Hour Sweater, which has taken me far longer than 3 hours. It is a relatively simple pattern but I have found it very difficult knitting on such large needles. I've finished everything except the sleeves, which have been put on hold for now until I've finished my Knit for Victory cardigan.

Recently Joanna of Dividing Vintage Moments invited her readers to write about ten items that inspire their vintage journey, as part of a lovely giveaway which you can enter up until December 4th.

I have written a couple of times before about things which inspire me and give me new ideas in all things vintage since unlike a lot of other vintage wearers, I haven't been dressing in vintage clothing for many years. With that in mind, here are ten of the things which inspire my own vintage journey:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the plaid fashion link-up I co-hosted this week with Jamie of Chatterblossom! I was so pleased to see people joining in and showing off their lovely checks, tartans and ginghams.

As promised, here are a few of my favourite outfits that were shared during the linkup:

It was a super hard choice but I had to limit myself! I also tried to pick different entries to the ones that Jamie chose, so you can go and check out her favourites here.

I enjoyed hosting the link-up so much that I might even make it a more regular thing - what do you think?


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Recently I noticed that Jamie from Chatterblossom and I seem to share a love for this particular pattern. Anyone would think we were trying to outdo each other as to who can own the most...
I suggested that we run some kind of event to share our favourite pattern with everyone, so we put our heads together and decided to do a fashion link-up so we can see what lovely plaid items everyone else owns as well.

1. Any outfits featuring plaid are allowed, vintage or not
2. You must be following both Lovebirds Vintage and Chatterblossom
3. If you are not a blogger but would still like to participate, send your photo to helenmaegreen [at] gmail [dot] com and I will add it for you
4. The link-up will be open for a week to give everyone time to join in

For my Hallowe'en costume this year I decided on a character from one of my favourite television programmes, can you guess who?
Although we don't really celebrate Hallowe'en here in the same way that it's celebrated in America, it has gained a certain level of popularity and I have been to parties and events in costume for the last few years running. I'm not very bothered about Hallowe'en myself but I do really enjoy making costumes for things, so any excuse to dress up is one I'm going to take.

Keeping my hair long enough to plait for this outfit has been killing me. I like the look of it long but it's a nightmare to style; my hair becomes very unmanageable when it gets any length to it. It's still not the ideal length for the costume and obviously it isn't black but I didn't want to get a wig. Maybe another year.