http://www.queensofvintage.com/five-christmas-gifts-for-the-vintage-guy/ The online magazine for vintage lovers Tue, 22 May 2012 14:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.queensofvintage.com/five-christmas-gifts-for-the-vintage-guy/#comment-1270 Rebecka Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:15:14 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=10585#comment-1270 great advice! got my fella an edwardian silver cigarette case last year and he loved it - even though he doesn't smoke its a nice thing to keep it stocked and offer cigarettes to those who do...and then you can get the matching vesta case, pocket watch, etc etc - the mathcing opportunities are endless! am knitting a tank top this year - all chaps i know seem to go rather wild over anything knitted vintage style as the originals are very hard to come by - and there are lots of good, uncomplicated and inexepnsive patterns on the web, often downloadable straight away. and you can get proper, shetland wool, for a very good price from Jamieson & Smith (http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf) - they do a jumper yarn which is the same as the 4ply yarn most vintage patterns use. other good knicknacks are vintage cufflinks and collar studs, vintage collar boxes in leather or bakelite, and a really stunning vintage tie or cravat never seems to go amiss. great advice! got my fella an edwardian silver cigarette case last year and he loved it – even though he doesn’t smoke its a nice thing to keep it stocked and offer cigarettes to those who do…and then you can get the matching vesta case, pocket watch, etc etc – the mathcing opportunities are endless!
am knitting a tank top this year – all chaps i know seem to go rather wild over anything knitted vintage style as the originals are very hard to come by – and there are lots of good, uncomplicated and inexepnsive patterns on the web, often downloadable straight away. and you can get proper, shetland wool, for a very good price from Jamieson & Smith (http://www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk/epages/BT2741.sf) – they do a jumper yarn which is the same as the 4ply yarn most vintage patterns use.
other good knicknacks are vintage cufflinks and collar studs, vintage collar boxes in leather or bakelite, and a really stunning vintage tie or cravat never seems to go amiss.

]]> http://www.queensofvintage.com/five-christmas-gifts-for-the-vintage-guy/#comment-1267 virgomara Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:52:30 +0000 http://www.queensofvintage.com/?p=10585#comment-1267 Just Perfect !! Love you guys!! Just Perfect !! Love you guys!!

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