I collect vintage textiles...........

I collect vintage textiles, mainly embroidered table and tray cloths or crocheted items, these photos are of one of my favourite pieces, a fairly small crocheted blanket, just 1m x1.5m. It appears to be made from real wool and I found it in one of my local charity shops.

I love the repeat pattern of the granny squares, the jewel like colours and black 'joining' yarn that have been used. When I'm handling a piece, I have different thoughts going through my mind, were the yarns left over from a multitude of projects for someones precious family as they were growing up? Where was the crocheter sat when they were making this, with other people or quietly on their own? What was the original purpose of their piece, could it have been a gift?

Whatever the case I can only believe that it was made with love.

 

I'm mesmerised by the patterns in my crocheted scarves

Here I am, making woolly gifts for Christmas, I've just finished a couple of crocheted scarves, the purple one in Honeycomb stitch and the red one in Double Treble stitch, (sounds hard but very quick to learn). What I really like is the repetition of the patterns that these stitches make.........



 

 

 

 

the rolled up scarf showing the cream edging, I used cream because of the cream flecks within the wool itself

 

this one measures 2.6 metres long

 

 

 

  

 

 

this rolled up scarf measures 2.2 metres long, plenty for a double wrap around that cold neck