I was going through the website for the V&A (Victoria & Albert) Museum this afternoon and came across this site for knitting patterns from the 1940s. They give the pictures and the full patterns for a bunch of stuff from waistcoats to knit caps to gloves. For the knitters out there this looks like a real good source for some wartime homefront patterns.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/knitting/1940s/index.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/knitting/1940s/index.html