random stuffs mostly vintage and found
The Octagon Pattern For Bedspreads No. 853 dates from 1920 and was originally published in Corticelli Lessons in Crochet Nook No. 13. I have been searching to see what the original yardage of the Mercerized Cordonnet was but thinking it was nowhere near the yardage of crochet thread today but thinking it was closer to […]
I really shouldn’t snark too much because I am an affiliate of Leisure Arts, Inc. but sometimes I look at vintage patterns and wonder just WTF people were thinking. Now take the pictured vintage sweater set pattern as an example. The sweaters or vests individually would not be that awful- but together? Did I mention that […]
Hot-Dish Mat, Spiral Pattern BY MRS. E. L. NICHOSON MERCERIZED crochet-cotton No. 5 was used for the model, but a finer thread may, be substituted, if Fill the ring with 16 doubles (d c). [Chain (ch) 5, miss 3, fasten in next] 4 times. Fill each loop of 5 ch with 7 d c. (Ch […]
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Another ugly blanket.