One of my parents' friends used to be an avid thread crocheter. Now that I'm done with grad school for this semester, I've been wanting to try my hand at thread crochet, specially since my great-grandmother (whom I'm named after) used to thread crochet a lot before she went to be with the Lord.
Anyway, the above-said friend of my parents came to visit the other day. When I said hi to her, she said "I have something here to show you." She handed me a stack of thread crochet books - some of them printed in the late 40s! (Two of them were printed in 1947 and 1949!)
I asked her if I could copy them, and she smiled and said "Those are for you to keep, dear, I don't have the eyesight to do that anymore." I swear, my jaw dropped and I stared at them the same way some people might stare at an antique car that was just given to them. I didn't know what else to do except say "THANK YOU!" and give her a huge hug!
So now I'm crocheting a doily from a 1947 pattern and getting an absolute thrill out of it! Man, this is so exciting! Thread crocheting! Using patterns my great-grandmother might have used! I'm named after my great-grandmother! WOO-HOO!
Am I a geek or would any of y'all get this excited?
Craftin' - A sewing, knitting and glue kind of place.
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