Pattern Collecting

I must admit that as much as I can I am an antique knitting pattern collecter.  As much as I can any new stuff is digital, and stored/indexed/tagged in the free library software Calibre where I can easily browse and search for whatever I am in the mood to knit.  My antique patterns are stored on a special heavy duty bookshelf, each in their own page protector so they dont get dusty or stick together.  I love just going thru the books, looking for my next project, or just dreaming.

My collecting of antique patterns began when I received my grandmothers and great grandmothers, and great great grandmother knitting patterns.  I fell in love with them, and started looking for old patterns when I went antique hunting.  I must admit finding the old patterns is getting harder and harder to find.  It seems to me that either a lot of the old patterns are just getting thrown out, or people like me are realizing what a treasure trove the old patterns are.

How do you collect your patterns? Paper or digital? How do you store your patterns?

GreenWeaver

Most of my patterns are digital, but I also have many books that I havent scanned yet.  I prefer digital format because its easier for me to use, and only print out complex charts.  My digital patterns are all stored on my computer, with some of the ones I want to use also on my tablet.  And theyre all backed up on another external flash drive.  My books are (sadly) scattered throughout the house, LOL.

allegra

models are digital and many books :D

Sylvana

I store my patterns on a extern data, Im saving patterns I like, not to make.

tatashir

Can you share your old patterns please? Thank you!

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2018-2-11 07:08
Can you share your old patterns please? Thank you!

I will share some of the older ones when I get a chance to scan them.  Up until now I havent thought about scanning them before.  They are very very fragile, and will take a lot of care and work to scan, or picture them.