Miss Marple Key-hole Bow Scarf

In the last couple of days the weather is more like Autumn, it's raining and the temperature dropped down. I love to knit on these days! And I was happy knitting away these pretty bow scarves for these super friendly wonderful people: Danielle from United States and Frith from New Zealand! Thank you girls to give me the chance to knit you these darling bow scarfs. I loved all the communication between us and I was so glad and feel privileged to meet you nice people.

Nos últimos dias o tempo tem sido mais Outonal, chove e a temperatura desceu. Eu amo tricotar em dias assim! E estive a tricotar toda feliz da vida estes cachecóis-laço para estas super simpáticas meninas: Danielle dos Estados Unidos e a Frith da Nova Zelândia! Obrigada meninas, por me terem dado esta oportunidade de vos tricotar este queridos cachecóis-laço. Amei toda a comunicação entre nós e sinto-me super contente e privilegiada de vos ter conhecido, boa gente.

These two are going to Danielle

Actually I finished this one today and is going to Frith

This cute key-hole bow scarf were named Miss Marple's after a fictional character from a Agatha Christie, a very sharp lady on the thirties that sported this knitted accessory. You can find them with slightly variations mainly on the thirties, forties and on the fifties. They are super cute!

Estes fofos cachecóis-laço são chamados de Miss Marple após do personagem de ficção de Agatha Christie, uma senhora muito sagaz dos anos trinta que usava este acessório de tricô. Podem encontrá-los com pequenas variações principalmente nos anos trinta, quarenta e cinquenta. São amorosos!

Miss Marple sporting her bow scarf :-)

If you know how to knit, this is a nice quick project to make. And for those that would love to know how to knit, this is a cute and fun project to start learning! I let you here some links for some free patterns for these cutties. My bow scarf is a mixture of those, I ended up by doing my own pattern. If you need help with something just drop me a line! ;-)

Se sabem tricotar, este é um projeto muito giro e rápido de fazer. E para quem gostaria muito de saber fazer malha, este é um projeto amoroso e super divertido para começar a aprender! Deixo-vos aqui alguns links para algumas receitas grátis para estas fofuras. O meu é uma mistura destes, acabei por fazer a minha própria receita. Se precisarem de ajuda com alguma coisa é só apitar! ;-)

• This one is from the 30s 
• Another pattern
• This one is from the 50s
• Another from the 50s
• This one is lovely for winter, is wider

Thank you all the nice ladies that provided the patterns!
Have a nice weekend! Bom fim de semana!

Miss Beta

{click on Miss Marple's photo for image source}

Free Knitting Pattern

I love my vintage Stitchcraft magazines and today I would like to share with you one of my favourite patterns, for a gorgeous and playful jumper. This one is on my list to knit! I love the look of this red and white jumper and I can imagine wearing this beauty with a lovely 1930s/40s blue Marine pair of wide leg slacks. This is from my own magazine from May of 1949.

Amo as minhas revistas antigas Stitchcraft e hoje gostaria de partilhar convosco uma das minhas receitas favoritas, para uma esplêndida e divertida camisola. Esta, está na minha lista de tricotar! Gosto muito do visual desta camisola vermelha e branca e posso imaginar-me a usar esta beleza com um belo par de calças largas de Azul marinho de 1930s/40s. É de uma revista minha de Maio de 1949.

The images have good quality, click in each one and save to your computer. For the ones that knit and perhaps who knows that this will inspire some of you to learn? Enjoy!

As imagens têm boa qualidade, é só clicar em cada página e guardar no vosso computador. Para aquelas que tricotam, e quiçá, senão irá inspirar algumas de vocês a aprender? Divirtam-se!

Miss Beta

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Today is a good day for starting a blog, don't you think? :-)


Me wearing a Japanese vintage dress
and a turban crocheted by me 

Thanks to my sweet dear Jessica´s wonderful series of tips for blogging, I feel more confident to start my own modest blog... my little corner to share with you and register my crafts and wonders on this vintage journey.

I love reading your blogs, gals, and see what you've been up to. I always learn so much with all of you! But sometimes I feel the need to share what I'm making, or write a little more about an idea that isn´t possible to put in a simple comment on your beautiful vintage related blogs.

So I decided to take the effort and start my own blog, that will be a very simple one. Although my life is very unstable because of various personal reasons, where to include my own health issues, I'll try to post once a week, or when not possible 1 in 2 weeks.

I don't expect many readers and followers, at all! But get to know if you come around and if you are reading this post in this very moment, you are so very welcome. Please say hi! I'll be so happy to get to know you and I'll appreciate so much to read your comments.

Welcome to Miss Beta's Diary!

Miss Beta