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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 9:51:51 PM
After once again re-reading the new MJ stitching book I decided it was high time to do some crocheted edging again. Havn't done any in years. I love to knit, and crochet too, but don't like to crochet with yarn as much as with thread so I got the finest I could find nearby (DMC#30 in a soft sage green) and I am making a narrow edging..long enough to edge a pillowcase if I decide to use it for that. I am loving it. I used to crochet doilies and things when I was in high school and as a young mom in my early 20's but then got onto other needlecrafts and havn't done much of it in years. I will post a picture when it is done (this strip of lace I mean) just had to share how much fun I am having. I am just making up my own pattern as I go along, but I sure recomend the instructions in the stitching book...perfect for learning! I want to make a headwrap next! 
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Alee |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 8:13:24 PM
It sounds really pretty! Please post pictures!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 8:12:03 PM
I set it aside and will be finishing it tonight...a sage green size 30. I did a narrow pretty simple edging and I love how it turned out...only about 8 inches of the last row to do...won't take more than 1/2 hour or so. I won a big lot of crochet thread on ebay and it came in the mail today..so I will be doing more for sure. I especailly like the tiny thread.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 8:06:05 PM
Aunt Jenny- How is the lace coming?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
| nut4fabric |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 08:07:57 AM
Separate edging or on the pillowcase as I can hemstitch them, and in white. Thanks for the interest.
Hugs, Kathy |
| mommatracy |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 06:42:49 AM
When I was 14 yrs.old there was a lady in my neighborhood who rode a three wheeled bicycle with alarge basket on the back for groceries. She was the cutest thing. Anyway she used to sit in her yard and crochet and she taught me. My first project was houseslippers. I was hooked. I crocheted for several years and then stopped for many years and have recently begun crocheting again and am loving it. I've made 2 scarves, dishcloths, trying to make lace but not successful. Can't manage 30 thread and fine needle. Size 10 thread is as small as I can manage but am making beautiful afghan squares to be used for a shawl or maybe even fronts of pillow shams. Had thought I'd use them for a bedspread but I will need about350 squares so we shall see. Needlework rocks! I can't believe I said that. Tracy from NC |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 06:41:53 AM
Would you like the separate edging you sew on or do your pillowcases have hemstitching? |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 06:37:06 AM
Kathy,
Do you have a particular color you like?
Denise
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
| nut4fabric |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 06:30:45 AM
Would any of you talented gals be interested in doing some pillowcase edgings for me? I would be more than willing to pay whatever you ask. I have tried many times to crochet and knit but my fingers just do not want to cooperate, so I leave it to the experts and drool when I see their work. I stick to what I am good at...sewing and embroidering.
Hugs, Kathy |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 06:23:03 AM
I remember my Mom teaching my brother and I to crochet. We started out with yarn. Both of us are left-handed, but I use my right hand to do most things and my brother does everything lefty. So, he sat across from her while I sat beside her to learn. I doubt he crochets anymore but he did enjoy learning. I started out with blankets but I most enjoy doing doilies and laces now. Don't do much with yarn anymore but I do knit some.
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 10:20:11 PM
We must have grown up in the same era, with the same kind of grandma! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 10:17:46 PM
That is how I learned too!! Making a small simple doily was my first crochet project when I was about 7 ..my grandma taught me. Maybe that is why I like the small stuff better. I learned to knit from an Aunt about the same time...made many many potholders and beanbags, and barbie clothes before I went on to bigger stuff..haha.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jun 11 2007 : 10:04:19 PM
My grandma taught me to crochet when I was about 8 or 9 using size 30 thread, so I didn't even know you could crochet with yarn til I was an adult! She stitched around a dresser scarf with her old treadle machine on a long stitch, and we crocheted right into the edge of the scarf, like a hemstitch I suppose. I would never attempt to teach anyone starting with that, but it must have worked - I'm still crocheting 50 years later. |
