The theme of this collection of knitting patterns by Minerva from 1936 is gloriously Tyrolean. Two of the patterns from ‘Minerva Styles the Future’ were featured – probably for the first time – in an article of 19 July 1936 in The New York Times, ‘High Style Knitting’, by Virginia Pope. One of the two patterns is the Edelweiss Jacket, and the article describes the designs as follows:

Materials

• 6 (7) × 50 g balls cream
• 1 (2) × 50 g balls green
• 1 × 50 g ball of red
• Oddments of black, yellow and blue 4 ply wool (for embroidery)
• 1 pair 3 mm/11 needles
• 1 pair 3.25 mm/10 (3.75 mm/9) knitting needles
• 1 × 3 mm crochet hook
• 8 buttons (9 if including an additional one at the top of the neck – though if sourcing original vintage buttons this can be an awkward number to find!)
• Piece of stiff card 5 cm/2” wide for making the tassels (the short side of a plastic credit card is perfect)