Even though I never knew my Maternal Grandmother, she still passed down her talent for fibre arts to me. Every year my mum and her brothers would get a new cardigan or jumper knitted for them, but what survived is not her knitwear but her crocheted doilies.
The pictures that follow are just a small sample of the variety of colours, patterns and sizes we have. They are all made in silk and I’ve pinned them out as best i can without putting stress on the yarn.
According to my mum, my nan and her neighbours, friends and female relatives would all come for tea and cake and crochet or knit – just goes to show that despite the internet and all our mod-cons, time hasn’t really moved on!
In sharing these I was hoping that some clever and observant soul could possibly point me to the pattern so I would at least have a name for it!
So Beady, So Sparkly, So Beautiful
4 weeks ago
1 comment:
Some beautiful crochet there. Things to treasure. Lucky you.
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