My Favourite Vintage Pattern Ever

Last post I showed you Twiggy modeling for a vintage knitting pattern.  Another famous model graces the cover of my all time favourite vintage pattern, and this time it's a crochet pattern.

This absolutely gorgeous woman photographed wearing these absolutely fantastic hot pants is none other than Shakira Caine. ...

Okay, I had never heard of her either until I did some Googling for my previous Twiggy post and came across this blog post.  I instantly recognized my hot pants beauty on the featured vintage crochet pattern.  That blogger identified the model as "Shakira Kahn" but further internet research provided the name Shakira Caine, and it turns out she's also married to the actor Michael Caine.  According to her official website, Michael Caine saw her on a TV ad for Maxwell House coffee and decided he must meet her.  How cool is that!

And even cooler...  tonight I sold my third and fourth patterns on Etsy, and this favourite of mine was one of them!  I really hope the buyer makes a pair of these hot pants.  And then I hope she frames the pattern and hangs it on her wall.  Thank goodness I have a double of this one, so I have my own copy to keep for ever and ever.

Supermodels for hand knitting

This post over on my tumblr has been getting a fair bit of attention, obviously because of who's modeling the ultra hip skirt suit on the pattern.

In case you don't recognize her, it's Twiggy.  She was a very popular model in the late 1960s. If you weren't alive back then, you may have seen her more recently on America's Next Top Model a few seasons (oh sorry, I mean cycles) ago.

Who knew that knitting pattern leaflets could nab such big names?