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Scandinavian Style Hat
My grandmother, Doris Scovill, gave me this hat in the late 1960s or early 1970s. At that time, she worked as a travel agent planning tours to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. On her own travels there, she collected textiles and other decorative…
Crochet Bonnet
This is a crochet baby bonnet that my Great Grandmother Mabel Jensen wore as a baby. She was born in 1900. It is unknown who crocheted it, but it is definitely crochet and wool. It is in excellent condition.
Wooden Romanian spindles
These two antique wooden Romanian spindles were purchased in an antique shop in Brasov, Romania in 2007.
Child's Crocheted Dress, Made in the Frankenwald
Probably made from a printed pattern, this woolen jumper dress was crocheted in the late 1930s by Gertrud Schoedel Wirth for her young daughter Anna (now Anna Wirth Thompson). She worked most of the dress in the round using single crochet, and…
Vintage Measuring Tape
“Front: molded metal, shaped like a high-top shoe; embossed with this clever play on words: ‘Three Feet in One Shoe.’ Back: flat. Tape: twilled cotton; 36 inches.” From Worthpoint.com
Flowery Crocheted Pincushion
This sweet hat-shaped pincushion was crocheted with white cotton yarn that seemed similar in size to sport or DK weight yarn. The decorative flowers were crocheted with No. 10 crochet cotton in two different variegated colorways. Lengths of blue 1/2…
Burner Pad Covers in Crochet
For a time, probably in the 2010s, I ran across a number of crocheted doilies with a crocheted mesh border on the wrong side. What was -that- about? My mother Anna knew exactly what the mesh-backed doilies were: decorative covers for asbestos hot…
Skirt with Crochet and Rickrack Insertion
This skirt featured hand- and machine-sewing, two courses of rickrack with crochet insertions, and a hand-embroidered eyelet ruffle. The rickrack was 1/4 inches wide. The cotton crochet thread was a little thinner than size 30, and significantly…
Beaded Crocheted Jug Cover with 3-D Teacup
This crocheted jug cover has eighteen deep points around the outside edge. All but two points are weighted with yellow glass beads. It looks like two beads may have broken off; the loops that held them are still there. The center of the cover…
Personal Spool Holder
I inherited this simply constructed spool holder from my Mother-in-Law in 1994. Dorothy was an accomplished seamstress and frugal farm wife. She sewed clothes for her three children while they were young, and also did alterations to keep them looking…
Irish Crochet Sleeve Cuff
A gift from my Sister-in-law, she is an expert quilter and appreciates fine crochet work. Purchased at an antique store, it is an example of traditional Irish crochet most often made with very fine, size 40 or finer, crochet cotton. Another Irish…
Irish Crochet Collar
I purchased this lovely example of Irish Crochet in an antique store in Tampa, Florida in approximately 1984. It could also be described as a “bib” due to its shape. It was most likely meant to be attached to a colorful garment to emphasize the…
Crochet pattern on Cloth
Before crochet patterns were readily available in print form, ingenious family members would make do with small swatches of cotton fabric from a pillowcase, perhaps, and write the pattern with ballpoint pen for an edging which was attached to the…
Irish Crochet Cuff
This gorgeous cuff is expertly made in fine detail. The Irish Crochet design in very fine cotton thread is attached to a strip of mesh fabric. An insert of the same fabric is added to the crochet. Padded embroidery with cotton thread creates a design…
Irish Crochet Collar
From Contributor’s collection: purchased from an antique store.
Great Aunt Ruth’s Miser’s Purse
Given to me in 1987 by my Great Aunt Ruth, she shared that the little purse was used to carry her pennies to church on Sundays for the offering. At a Crochet Guild of America conference in 1994, Dana Benjamin taught a class on these purses. When I…
Crochet Sample Book
The book is sewn down the middle by hand with ecru thread, then folded in half. There is no cover or binding, suggesting the book was made for personal use. The crochet motifs worked in ecru or white thread are sewn onto pages made of shipping paper…
Darning Eggs
Description:
2 turned wood darning eggs, measuring 6" high and 11" high. Date and maker unknown. Condition: Fair to Good
I inherited these darning eggs from my paternal grandmother more than twenty years ago. She lived in Western Massachusetts…
Holiday Table Mats with Crochet and Buttons
Over the years, people who knew my love for knitting, crochet, and sewing entrusted me with related supplies they no longer needed, or those they inherited from loved ones and were unlikely to use.
When it came time to craft these holiday table mats,…
Tassels with Crocheted Tops
Bond America’s Tassel Magic tool, released during the 1990s, got me interested in making tassels. I mixed different kinds of yarns from my collection to make the twisted cording or bullion for the tassel skirts. For a time, an egg-beater was my…
Tassel Top, Knitted
My tassel-making adventure started when Bond America, under the leadership of my friend Cari Clement, offered a new product called Tassel Magic—The Ultimate Tassel and Fringe-Making Tool.
It was a fun tool, and I learned quite a bit from using…
It was a fun tool, and I learned quite a bit from using…
Square Doily Knitted from a Pattern Published in 1848
My husband Charles was scheduled for long-overdue knee replacement surgery. I needed a small, relatively simple project to work on while we were at the hospital during both his knee replacement surgeries and recovery. A knitted doily seemed the…
Priscilla Irish Crochet Collar Worked in Cotton
My life-long fascination by Irish Crochet began in the 1980s. I wanted to try making an Irish crochet project in the traditional way:
• using fine crochet cotton to crochet padded motifs,
• basting the finished motifs right-side-down onto a stiff…
• using fine crochet cotton to crochet padded motifs,
• basting the finished motifs right-side-down onto a stiff…
Rooster from 1949 Workbasket Magazine
The Center for Knit and Crochet invited members to join a What’s Your Favorite Vintage Make-Along in the summer of 2021. The make-along kicked off with two online maker sessions. For the first session, then CKC Board Member Mary Claire Phillips,…
Dog Blanket with a Mosaic Knit Border
Hannah, Flower, and Annie (not pictured here) were pack mates at the Austin, Texas, home of Charles Frederick and Suzann Thompson beginning in the late 1980s. When Suzann finished knitting a blanket with a mosaic-knit, dog patterned trim, the dogs…