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Finished blanket
i finally finished the fugly Grammy square blanket & have photos to share.
The ugly blanket & Eye searing red heart
So in trying to use up bunches of not natural yarns I’ve been working on an ugly blanket It is fairly simple- take an N sizes crochet hook and a few strands of miscellaneous yarns held together. In this case various types of acrylic & nylons & who knows what else. No wool though. […]
Vintage Filet Crochet Alphabet
This vintage filet crochet alphabet was scanned from The New Filet Crochet Book: Original Designs Which May be Used Also for Cross-stich and Beadwork, With patterns Represented in a New Way, by Hugo W. Kirchmaier, preface & instructions by Anna Wuerfel Brown, Published by Cora Kirchmaier 1912 Filet Crochet Alphabet PDF file Note- the […]
On estate sales (aka dead people stuff)
So this morning I had to go buy dog food & got sidetracked by an estate sale. Estate sales tend to be crapshoots. Some have very lovely items with lovely prices & others are filled with walmart & dollar store junque. My favorites are those with st…