This week, we were sorting several boxes of Peter Pan patterns in the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection, and found several copies of this free pattern leaflet, "A layette for someone special". It must have been issued around the time of a royal birth, so that you could make a set of baby clothes fit for a prince or princess, for a baby in your own family. I'm guessing that the royal baby was Prince William (born 1982), because the booklet on the table in the foreground says "The Royal Wedding" and I think refers to the wedding of Prince William's parents the previous year.
It was a very timely find, since another royal birth was imminent, and the new princess, Prince William's daughter, has arrived today!
The new Princess was wearing a knit yellow bonnet !
ReplyDeleteThe pattern includes both a cap (for a boy?) and a bonnet (for a girl?), though I think when Prince George made his first public appearance, he wasn't wearing either.
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