I've posted these before but I was appreciating them again in the early morning sunlight today.
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@dillyd As a child, I loved sleeping under my grandma’s handmade quilts. As an adult, I had one of them. But in a house move I noticed it was missing. I called the moving company numerous times finally raising cain but they said they couldn’t find it.
@j258853 oh no that's devastating!
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@dillyd I've just shown these to The Postie, who is an avid crocheter.
She thinks they're wonderful, and tried to explain to me the techniques involved...
...if you listen, you'll hear the whooshing sound as everything hurtles over my head!
@RussCheshire
I quilt but don't know anything about crochet. When this crocheted bedspread was handed down to me, it had broken in a few places. I took it to a yarn shop and the lady there matched the yarn and the methods and made it good as new. Magic, if you ask me. -
Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong. -
Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd You’ve lost me.
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@dillyd That's so great you have them. My Grandmothers hands never stopped moving... Relaxing(?) down time on the farm for her was either crocheting or knitting things for the family. Gosh I miss her.
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@dillyd Those are beautiful!
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@RussCheshire
I quilt but don't know anything about crochet. When this crocheted bedspread was handed down to me, it had broken in a few places. I took it to a yarn shop and the lady there matched the yarn and the methods and made it good as new. Magic, if you ask me.@dillyd Very dark magic. I speak as one who never mastered the ancient art of "French knitting"; that thing with a cotton bobbin, four nails and some wool. Evil forces are gathering...
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong. -
@dillyd Very dark magic. I speak as one who never mastered the ancient art of "French knitting"; that thing with a cotton bobbin, four nails and some wool. Evil forces are gathering...
@RussCheshire @dillyd When I found my grandma's lace bobbins (many years after her death) I had no clue what they were.
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd Wow! It's so amazing when you're able to preserve something that your ancestors made, so special
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@dillyd They’re lovely! Do you know how to quilt? It’s on my bucket list to learn someday.
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd They are really old, then. But, they still look beautiful.
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@dillyd They’re lovely! Do you know how to quilt? It’s on my bucket list to learn someday.
@lydiaschoch
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@dillyd Gorgeous!
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@lydiaschoch
I do quilt, but I don't know how to crochet. I'd like to learn.@dillyd @lydiaschoch I (re)learned how to crochet with books and Youtube.
The basic building block of getting a loop through a loop (once or more) gives an infinite world of possibilities. The hardest part is spending enough time to get regularity. I like #crochet -
@dillyd @lydiaschoch I (re)learned how to crochet with books and Youtube.
The basic building block of getting a loop through a loop (once or more) gives an infinite world of possibilities. The hardest part is spending enough time to get regularity. I like #crochet@Klara @lydiaschoch
Those are beautiful. I'd like to find somebody to teach me in-person. I really hate watching videos -
@dillyd Those are beautiful!
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@dillyd
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@dillyd @lydiaschoch a wool shop in your neighbourhood is the first place were I would ask if they know someone. Many have a notice board. Or in a repair cafe that does textiles.
@Klara @lydiaschoch good idea, I'll look around
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@dillyd both are beautiful. A lot of love went into those stitches. I've done both quilting & crochet to feel closer to ancestors
