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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Hen and Chicks...  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 6:37:42 PM
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While out junktiquing yesterday I found this sweet 'Hen & Chicks' crochet doily... $2... & all Mine! 
I stuffed bits of tissue inside the hen & her chicks so you can see it better.
I will hand wash it tomorrow, shape & dry and then re-stuff with tissue for display.
Oh how I wish I had the talent to crochet like this...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3931 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:00:36 PM
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I wish I was there to examine it and figure out the pattern. You have quite a treasure here.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:04:54 PM
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thanx Marie,
I've never seen one like this... I have a set of crochet 'fruit & veggies' and even some crochet chicks (that you fit over a plastic egg)
,,, but never seen one of these until yesterday.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:19:13 PM
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Marie, I tried to take some close up pics for you...
looks like the wing and tail are a shell stitch and the body a ?double crochet, a long rectangle, then folded in half and stitched closed creating the open bottom.
as for the head,,, hmmm...
Hen...
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Chicks...
I suspect the Hen & chicks were created first and then incorporated into the 'doilie'....
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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churunga
True Blue Farmgirl
3931 Posts
Marie
Minneapolis
MN
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2015 : 8:55:49 PM
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Thanks for the pictures. I would have to see the article in person to correctly figure it out. From what I can see, it appears as if the hen was made first then the doily was made to spread out from her bottom side. The chicks look to have been made in their entirety and attached in the round or made as part of the round. I searched for the pattern online and it seems as if many are looking for it. Maybe I should just visit you for a three day weekend to analyze the doily and test the pattern. Hmmmm . . . I'll get back to you on this.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13620 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2015 : 10:16:31 AM
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CJ...my thoughts exactly!!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2013
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mbenton16
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Maryellen
Stanfield
North Carolina
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2015 : 5:42:07 PM
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Wow that is amazing! What an awesome find. Congratulations! Maryellen
Maryellen Benton |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2015 : 10:10:16 AM
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Grace, such a cool find! I've never seen anything like it either. Such a sweet, farmgirlish (well, its a word now.) thing for you to do...taking the closeup!
You rock!
Farmgirl sister #3926
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2015 : 3:42:49 PM
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You really lucked out on a fantastic doily. I have tiny crocheted chickens I am using on a purse. I found them on a towel. Thanks for showing them.
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Marilyn Hartman Sullivan
True Blue Farmgirl
1138 Posts
Marilyn
Oxford
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2015 : 07:23:55 AM
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Grace -- Your cute doily got me searching for a pattern. I came across a picture of one that was quite similar -- someone else had posted it on a crochet site several years ago to see if she could find a pattern. Evidently a lady had brought it to "grace" (see how clever I am so early in the morning after only one cup of coffee?) the Easter table at church and said it had been made some 60 years earlier. I kept reading the thread and someone else mentioned that the pattern had been in a magazine at some point in time. Still searching for a pattern, but I bet one of these clever ladies will be able to reverse engineer it from your wonderful clear photos. Ravelry had lots of 3-D doily patterns with flowers, but this one is especially cute. I might have to take a "crack" (like an egg, right?) at it myself. And now for more coffee.
Farmgirl #6318
"Where there's a will -- there's probably a family fight." |
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ceridwen
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Carole
New York
USA
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6592 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6592 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2015 : 10:05:15 AM
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Grace that is the cutest doily I have ever seen! Oh my, and perfect for Easter too!! What a bargain you got for $2. Can't you see some little paper easter grass between the hen and chicks with chocolate foil eggs peeking out? I sure wish I had one of these cuties!!
Marilyn, if you make one, please post a photo so we can see.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014 |
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Simply Satisfied
True Blue Farmgirl
427 Posts
Emily
Montana
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2015 : 5:02:57 PM
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That is so adorable! What a find!
Emily
Farmgirl # 3591 |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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