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. 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The DMC Group has generously given the Guild permission to copy publications that are still in copyright (but no longer current). On this page, you will find catalogues of pattern leaflets published by P&B. There are also catalogues compiled from scans of leaflets in the Guild collection. Guild members can have a copy of any leaflet, for personal use. email Barbara with the details of any that you want.

Cover of Knit with P & B 1964. Lady wearing matching knitted skirt and cardigan,

1964 – Knit with P&B

Free brochure of Patons & Baldwin leaflets, including 8 patterns ...
Cover of Patons leaflet 1498 Two ladies wearing basked weave style cardigans fastened with yarn ties. One cardigan is short and the other long.

1978 – Patons Patterns

A catalogue of patterns published in the year the Guild was founded ...
Lady wearing knitted lace work short sleeve sweater that has a leaf like motif.

50 years of Patons patterns

Shows one leaflet chosen from the Patons archive for every year from 1930 to 1979 ...
Cover of Patons leaflet 602. Lady wearing tight fitting cardigan with rib sleeves, and sentral contasting cection up the front and complex crosses (in both colours) up the sides of the front.

Nostalgia for the 1940s

Shows a batch of late 1940s patterns, and the 1980s updates of some of them ...
Cover of Patons leaflet 2115 = Limelight. Lady and man wearing crochet sweaters with square motifs and patch on left upper body.

Patons 1970s Crochet

Crochet leaflets published in 1971-74, for babies, children and adults ...
Cover of Patons Knitting - 1965. Lady wearing red hat

Patons Knitting 1965

Free brochure of Patons & Baldwin leaflets available in 1965, including 9 additional patterns ...
Cover of Patons pattern 5080. Knitted teddy bear wearing striped jumper and orange trousers.

Patons Toys and Doll’s Clothes Patterns

Leaflets published from the 1950s to the 1970s for doll's clothes & soft toys ...
Cover of Patons & Baldwin pattern 6699 showing man leaning against aeroplane wearing a sweater with cabled top and a balaclava.

WW2 service patterns

Pattern leaflets for garments for the services, published by Patons & Baldwins in WW2 ...
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