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Knitted cardigan made by Anna Bell Bray, Shetland, UK
Cardigan designed and knitted by Anna Bell Bray, a noted creator of traditional Shetland garments. Mrs. Bray's work is distinguished by her extraordinary use of dark and light values for maximum visual impact, and by the couturier details and…
Baby Layette
This layette set of cap, sweater and booties were made for Marilyn Huset by her mother, Marcelle Huset. The pattern came from the Jack Frost Baby Book Volume 47 published in 1946 with the price of 25¢ printed on the cover. The pattern number is 4701…
Knitted Hat, Scarf, Mittens made by Anna Bell Bray, Shetland UK
An accessory set comprised of pillbox style hat with hexagonal crown, fringed scarf, and mittens, ca. 1998. Designed and knitted by Anna Bell Bray, a noted creator of traditional Shetland garments. Purchased in Shetland, UK by Betty H. Lindsay for…
Handcarved Wooden Romanian spindle from Breb
This handcarved wooden spindle was made by Petru Pop, a traditional woodcarver, in the village of Breb, Romania during a visit to the Maramures region in 2007.
Wooden Romanian spindles
These two antique wooden Romanian spindles were purchased in an antique shop in Brasov, Romania in 2007.
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.
Crochet Afghan
This is a crochet afghan made by Mabel Jensen Forsgren. She was born in 1900 and deceased in the 1980's. It is unknown when she crocheted this piece, but in 2018 it remains in excellent condition.
IOOF Banner in Filet Crochet
This filet crochet item, possibly a banner, was made by Charles Etta Dunlap Thompson, with crochet cotton, probably in the 1920s. The letters IOOF stand for International Order of Odd Fellows. Suzie Robertson of the IOOF Sovereign Grand Lodge…
Winterling, a knitted, embellished wall hanging
Winterling is a knitted, quilted wall hanging, embellished with crochet, embroidery, beads, and buttons. It was made by textile artist Suzann Thompson in 2017 for her Celebrate Doilies exhibit. The name Winterling refers to a now-closed chinaware…
Crocheted Bedspread
Double bed size bedspread was crocheted by my grandmother sometime in the 1940s to 1950s. It was made by my grandmother and given to me by my mother. I used it on a guest bed for many years and it is currently stored, since it's not practical for…
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…
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…
Calendar Pattern Doily in Heavy Cotton
Anna Wirth (b. 1936) grew up in the village of Sorg in the Franconian Forest of Northern Bavaria, Germany. Some families in the village were weavers by trade, and the entire family would be involved in setting up the loom for a new project. When…
Design Proposal for I-Cord Embellished Sweater
To propose knit/crochet projects for publication, I have made many swatches and sketches since the early 1990s. This one was probably for a publication of Bond America, a company that marketed and sold a hobby knitting machine and a mechanical…
Granny Square Christmas Stockings
These Christmas stockings were crocheted by my mother, Marcelle Huset, and have hung in the dining room windows of our home for many holiday seasons.
Red Cross Sweater for Navy Use
This is a Navy sweater knit by Rebecca Keyel in 2016 from a sweater pattern originally designed by the American Red Cross in the late 1930s. The pattern (designated ARC 400-3) appeared in a Red Cross pattern book issued by the Milwaukee Chapter of…
Set of baby garments in rainbow yarn
This is a set of baby garments, a sweater with buttons and a soaker, made for a newborn baby in 2018.
The yarn is urth uneek worsted. The garments were both knit from a single skein of yarn to make a complete set of clothing.
The set was knit…
The yarn is urth uneek worsted. The garments were both knit from a single skein of yarn to make a complete set of clothing.
The set was knit…
Register to Vote quilt with doily "O"
"Registering voters isn't the most visually exciting thing in the world, so I made this quilt to lure people close enough to ask them if they need to register. I had the perfect doily to make the O in VOTE. Yay, doilies!!" wrote maker Suzann Thompson…
Crocheted rose brooches
My mother used to make hundreds of these rose shaped crocheted brooches in different threads and colors to give as a small gift. The back side is covered with a felt round cut cloth and a pin is mounted.
Floral shaped brooch
My mother made this in the early 90’s and gave to me as a Christmas gift. I don’t know if it is chrocheted or just tied loosely. She is a very freely creative person of her own ideas, often playing with materials not following any teacher or…
Crocheted layered floral brooch for summer
Another of my mother’s made brooch consisting of 3 layers of crocheted frilled circles with the top one made into a spiral shape. The back is covered with a cotton cloth and is mounted with a pin.
Crocheted summer snood and wrist covers
A cotton multicolored snood and wrist covers my mother made for me when I suffered from chronic pneumonia for extra warmth but of sweat absorbing material of cotton. Primitive works but I liked the combinations of colors.
Basket knitted 2 samplers and a pouch made out of such with a string
Morhet was once very keen on learning this knitting pattern and made quite a few samplers of the same shape, in different but matching shades of colors and patchworked, appliqué to woolen cloth made bags of tartan patterns, and these small pouches.…
Phone cases, a pouch, a tissue case
My mother’s made mobile phone cases when they were folding types. Also a mini tissue paper cover, and a small pouch with floral ornaments.
All from cotton lace threat, white or beige, adorned with flowers, beads, woven cloth with a pompon, and…
All from cotton lace threat, white or beige, adorned with flowers, beads, woven cloth with a pompon, and…
Trick or Treat Doily by Bella Crochet
Designer Ann White of Bella Crochet (bellacrochet.blogspot.com) designed the Trick or Treat Doily to accompany another Halloween-themed doily in her design collection. Suzann Thompson crocheted the doily in 2019 with No. 10 crochet cotton from her…