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Title A name given to the resource Layover Daisy Loom Afghan Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barry Jon Elder (1 September 1941 - 8 December 1972) and Lydia Mae Mullin Matter Stevens (9 December 1901 - 28 March 1993) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 46 inches by 64 inches/ 117cm by 163cm Each flower is about 3 inches/8cm diameter The loom is about 3½ inches diameter. Description An account of the resource This is a flower loom afghan in acrylic yarn. The lower/outer petals are white. Each center is worked in one of nine different colors. The field of 357 flowers is a hexagonal grid of 16 by 23 — in a hexagonal pattern, it is 12 columns with 16 flowers and 11 columns with 15 flowers. The flowers are crocheted together with green. This afghan kit was purchased by my father, Barry Jon Elder, for my paternal great-grandmother, Maude Virginia Graham Elder, while she was convalescing. My great-grandmother was a prolific crocheter. She said she didn’t want to make the daisy loom afghan, that it was too hard. (I suspect it was simply she preferred to crochet and the daisy loom didn’t appeal.) My father’s feelings were hurt that his thoughtful gift was rejected. To prove it wasn’t hard, he took back the kit and made all the daisies himself. My father enjoyed carpentry and model airplanes, but he did not typically do yarn crafts. He was a pilot for United Airlines. The daisy afghan was a useful project to do on layovers between flights. Tragically, he was the second officer on United 553. After the daisies were complete, my maternal grandmother — i.e. my father’s mother-in-law — crocheted the daisies together. When I search online, I see variations of this afghan. Sometimes the daisies are all the same color. Sometimes the daisies are joined in a square orthogonal grid instead of the hexagonal grid in my example. The daisies in my afghan use nine different colors for their centers. This is acrylic yarn. This style of yarn craft and color scheme is typical for the 1970s. On Ravelry there is a listing for Wildflower Afghan/ Flower Loom Afghan by Bucilla kits. It is this afghan but with only identical yellow-centered flowers. The loom tool has “STUDIO TWELVE FLOWER LOOM” embossed on it. An internet search uncovers books, instructions, and flower looms from Studio Twelve, typically dating around 1970. Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Jolie A. Elder Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2025.033 afghan AKG Atlanta Knitting Guild blanket crochet daisy flower inter-generational loom Pennsylvania United States