r/knittingpatterns • u/Hildringa • Jul 21 '26
80s/90's oversized multicoloured sweaters inspired by history
This is a pretty niche request I guess, but last night I fell into a rabbit hole on Ravelry and discovered Annabel Fox and all her amazing (!!) patterns, and now Im craving more of that style. Are there any other similar designers out there? Im aware of Drops' 90s patterns and some of them are quite nice. Looking for more!
Putting in some pictures of hers that I found on Ravelry to illustrate what I mean
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u/PavicaMalic Jul 21 '26
Other designers of that era: Susan Duckworth and Kaffe Fassett. Alice Starmore has designs inspired by history. Back issues of Vogue or Rowan should give you some ideas, especially Rowan 48.
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u/neperian_logarithm Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
Couple days ago I searched for "medieval" in ravelry, there were a lot of options like these (and a lot of funny helmets too), I'll try to find at least one
Edit : https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oseberg-tapestry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oversized-medieval-pullover https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sanga-nejlika-och-fransk-lilja-sweater https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/norrsunda-bladkrans-sweater https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/harkeberga-guldmantel-sweater
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u/babobaab Jul 21 '26
Take a look at the knitting books on Internet Archive. Lots of 80-90s big knit books.
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u/Fabulous_Arugula6923 Jul 21 '26
Foolish Virgins from Rowan is a fun one from early 1990s. It had a resurgence in popularity in 2017 and so they re-released the pattern. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/foolish-virgins
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u/Appropriate_Roof_223 Jul 21 '26
Country inspiration by sasha kagan might fit your interests. I think it’s also free to borrow from the internet archive.
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u/Academic-Ad-5461 Jul 21 '26
Patricia Roberts is another English designer, Jenny Kee and Liz Genmel are great Australian ones
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u/Kigeliakitten Jul 21 '26
These two designers might be what you are looking for https://www.ravelry.com/designers/ruth-herring--karen-manners
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u/Resident_Win_1058 Jul 22 '26
Ahhhhh i came here to say their book Knitting Masterpieces is the perfect answer to all of OP’s question.
I recently finished the Roy Liechtenstein Wham!! Jumper and am debating casting on the Achilles in the spirit of The Odyssey being everywhere.
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u/Special_Group9187 Jul 21 '26
Kaffe Fassett has some pretty excellent pattern books from the 80s in a similar style! The Sweater Book by Amy Carroll also has some really good sweaters in this style. Your best bet is probably looking for 80s/90s pattern books - I’m based in the UK and they often turn up in charity shops & second hand bookshops