Patons booklets

In 1920, the spinners J & J Baldwin and Partners and John Paton, Son & Co merged, creating Patons & Baldwins. The separate companies had been publishing knitting patterns, using their own knitting wools, since around 1912, and carried on doing so after the merger. In 1961 Patons & Baldwins Ltd merged with J & P Coats Ltd, and the Patons brand continues to this day, using the Baldwins ‘Beehive’ symbol. The company is now part of The DMC Group. We were delighted to accept the Patons pattern archive into the Guild’s collection in 2014.

The DMC Group has generously given the Guild permission to copy publications that are still in copyright (but no longer current). Some of the Patons pattern booklets can be downloaded from this page. You will find brochures of pattern leaflets published by P&B, and catalogues compiled from scans of leaflets in the Guild collection, under ‘Patons Leaflet Catalogues’.

Index

Copley Leaflet Catalogues

Lady’s World Fancy Work book

Miscellaneous Publications

Patons – booklets
Patons – leaflet catalogues

Pre-1940 magazines
Pre-1950 magazine supplements

Stitchcraft – Booklets
Stitchcraft – Magazines

Woolcraft & Other Handbooks

WW2 service Patterns

Other leaflet catalogues

Individual patterns for download

Cover of Patons 210 - Italian Collection showing lady wearing red had and scarf and knitted low-necked, cream chunky jacket (sweater) and a blued turtle neck knitted sweater underneath,

Patons 210 – Italian Collection

A 1978 booklet of designs for loose sweaters and various accessories ...
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Toddler wearing knitted striped jumper, shorts and bootees. Sitting next to stuffed "Humpty" toy.

Patons 211 – Child’s Play

16 knitted designs for babies and toddlers, from the late 1970s ...
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Cover or Big Sizes showing man and woman wearing zipped cardigans

Patons 214 – Big Sizes 2

A booklet of 12 patterns for women and men in bust or chest sizes 40-50 in. (102-127 cm.). Published in 1978. (36 pages, 17.2 MB) ...
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Cover of Patons Accessories Book (215) showing selectin of hats, scarves, gloves and tuck-ins

Patons 215 – Accessories Book

A collection of scarves, hats, gloves, socks, etc., to knit and crochet, from 1978 ...
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Cover of Patons 217 - Waistcoats and Slipovers. Assorment of male and female models wearing sleeveless cardigans and jumpers in striped, stranded and textured knitting.

Patons 217 – Waistcoats and Slipovers

Eight knitted designs reprinted from Stitchcraft magazine ...
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Cover of Machine Knitting for the Family with four photos of people wearing knitwear

Patons 224 – Machine Knitting for the Family

Machine Knitting for the Family A Patons booklet from 1979 with a range of patterns for adults and children. (20 pages, 9.8MB) ...
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Cover of "From the Islands" showing lady wearing a Fair Isle sweater

Patons 245 – From the Islands

Patons booklet 245 in Stitchcraft series. Knitting from the Islands - 20 exciting fashion and family designs ...
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Cover of Patons Stitchcraft series booklet Clansman 2 showing lady wearing black and white sweater in broken zig zag pattern

Patons 246 – Clansman 2

A booklet of 18 patterns for Patons Clansman, a pure wool yarn made in 4-ply and double knitting weights. The booklet was published in 1982. The last few issues of Stitchcraft magazine, in 1981-83, were also Patons pattern booklets. Each magazine issue had the same cover illustration as the corresponding ...
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Cover of Patons Big Sizes 3 (leaflet 248). A lady wearing a cream sweather with a colour work yoke and a man wearing a beige textured sweater with a shawl collar.

Patons 248 – Big Sizes 3

18 patterns for women and men in bust/chest sizes 40-50 in. (102-127 cm.) In 4-ply, DK, Aran or chunky yarn. Published in 1983 ...
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Patons 280 – Cover-ups

1970s booklet of 16 knitwear designs for babies. 32 pages ...
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