Red beads contrast against the white rayon lasting cord to make an interesting and distinctive diamond or lozenge pattern. The beads must be selected very carefully because the over-all size must fit the space they fill in the pattern and they must have holes large enough to take two strands of the knotting material. Each […]
I found this cute fabric at Joann’s in the remnant bin. I knew that this would make the cutest shift dress for the girl. I had found the pattern at Savers- it is still available on the Simplicty website & anywhere the budget line of Patterns are sold. The […]
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 […]
