CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog has made available a vintage (1960) pattern book from Coats & Clark. When you click the images, larger versions open. The text is still a bit hard to make out, but the images are clear and simple. You can definitely get a clear enough idea to try some cross-stitch or chicken scratch on a gingham background. Check out the brochure. (But before you click over, mute your audio. I’m a serious fan of The Cat, but I wanted to smack him on the fourth or fifth restart of Morning Has Broken.)
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Whoa nellie, Denise! You hit the chicken scratch jackpot. Thanks for linking to this! (And, personally, I’d rather hear Peace Train.)
Cool find.
Do we show our age knowing who Cat is? 😉 I still drag out Tea for the Tillerman and relive the old teen memories!
Couldn’t link to the actual brochure 🙁 But I do love the website!