Easy to Make Fashions, Volume B22, is a pattern booklet showcasing garments to make from Rochelle’s Mohlon Orlon acrylic fiber. It offers knit and crochet designs with instructions, materials, and gauge, promoting the then-new synthetic yarn to home needleworkers.
The booklet documents the mid-twentieth-century enthusiasm for acrylic and other man-made fibers in fashionable handcraft. Its designs capture the popular styles of the period. A practical vintage pattern collection, it is available here as a free EPUB download. As both pattern book and promotion, it captures a distinctive moment when synthetic fibers were reshaping the look and feel of fashionable handmade clothing.