Tag: 80s
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First Knit Sweater
It only took over a year, with a ton of delays, but I have finally finished my first knit sweater. And it’s Cool Times Barbie! I am so completely stoked with how the duplicate stitching turned out. …Even though I only noticed after posting the video that, um… it’s not actually done. I missed some…
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Classic 80s kitsch
Needlepoint magnets! On a thrift trip not too long ago, I came across the motherload – or actually grandmother load – of vintage kitschy magnets. (I know it was “grandmother” because one of the magnets said so. This was a store that tends to get donations from singular sources, so I knew they were all…
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Retro Tunic, 1984
My First Crochet Sweater I started this sweater in June, 2022. I wasn’t using a pattern. I just wanted to try putting two rectangles together. And I wanted to use up my Lion Brand Homespun yarn, which had been sitting in my yarn basket since 2006. I had a TON of this stuff. I loved…
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Art Deco Vase #1
I think my favorite 80s style – one I actually love, rather than just get ironically amused by – is the 80s art deco revival. It has clear art deco influences, yet remains distinctly 80s. Art deco lines, 80s colors, and a clear fascination with vases. There was a series of longstitch needlepoint kits from…