Learn to Crochet

Book No. 233 Clark's ONT. J&P Coats
Price 10 CentsLearn to Crochet
Includes Directions For The Left Handed
(Copyright 1946. The Spool Cotton Company. 2nd Edition. Printed in USA.)*
(The kid looks so happy to learn to crochet)

Isn't this a lovely way to look at night? All you need is any simple dark dress.
Just watch the way it lights up with this neon white belt glittering
with pearls and tiny gold sequins.There's a tiny square
pocket for lipstick and hankie!
(...Neon white belt...Pearls and gold sequins...I'm speechless. Was there no taste in 1946?)

It's heigh-ho for the active life, heigh-ho for our favorite little lumber jacket.
(Maybe this jacket wasn't such a good idea...I wonder?)

(Hahahahahahahaha....hahahahaha!)

When it's your turn to feed the gang, these lovely-to-look-at doilies will
make a luncheon set that will do you proud!
(I made one of these for Mom in a double thread crochet
yarn of light and dark blue. It was cooler than it sounds.)

Double Date
Pretty apart, adorable together.
Drawstring bag with a flight of butterflies and a whimsical little calot (hat)
with a single butterfly perched on one side.
Just goes to show that two are better than one!
(The posing here cracks me up)

Nice to come home to a pretty room, neat and sweet as the girl who lives there...
and on the bed as dreamy a spread as you'll ever see.
Wait till the gang sees this, and wait till you tell them you made it yourself!
You won't have to wait too long either if you get started right away!
(When Hell Freezes Over)
(Can you imagine how much yarn this takes? 75 balls of yarn! Jeezus!)

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These pictures and captions are all real, and all really from the book.
Isn't this the most adorable little magazine? Aren't you just so jealous?

*(I haven't the slightest idea if the copyrights still exist on this magazine, so I went ahead and provided all copyright information provided in the book. If someone out there decides to steal the pictures of captions, please keep in mind that I don't know if this is copyrighted or not, since it's so old. You've been warned!)

A Varietie of Knitted Articles Designed to Please and Delighte the Eye

Step right up, step right up, See the Wonderfule and Incrediblye Amazeing Knitted Apparel made and Modellede by the one and only Blogger, Sarelro! Here, for Exsample:

A Skulle Cap with a Jollye Roger Motif...Mmmm....Piratey.

A Paire of Hobo Gloves, made from Scraps of Past Experiments...

A Sleeve for an Upcoming Sweater

And the Sweater Itself...Minus a Fewe Sleeves.

Tomorrow, we'll Explore the Rare Past, and Giggle at the Cheesie Captions therein.

How Time Flies...

So, I'm back at school. Stupid summer classes that I hate. Anyways, I finished the front and the first sleeve of my sweater, and am fixin'ta start the second sleeve. I crocheted a doily for my mother from the cutest little magazine I found that was made in 1947. I'll post pics tomorrow, and maybe some of the hilarious captions.

I'm making a pair of "Hooray for Me!" gloves by Marnie MacLean from the Knitty Gritty DIY Network website. I've finished the first, and am just to the thumb gusset for the second. They're a very quick knit, and the pattern is very easy to follow, although of course I changed it a little. I'm doing double rib instead of single rib for the cuffs, and I changed the needle size from 2 to 1, because I started out using 2's and my guage was so off, the gloves were huge. I had to frog it and start all over. But the first one fits now. Yay! Pics tomorrow. I'll probably have the second done by tomorrow, staying up all night.

That's about all that's happening right now. I'll start a new pair of socks when I finish my gloves. They'll be for my grandma. She tried to steal my purple and neon green and pink and red striped socks, but I wasn't standing for that.

Well, that's that.

Nothing up yo

I've been knitting on my sweater. I'm almost done with the front; after that just the sleeves to go and then sewing it together and knitting the hood. Then I get to wear it. Yay. Knitting a new pair of socks, pattern when I show a pic. Trying to make a pair of 3-6 month old size socks, but haven't done it yet. Need to figure out how. Um. Not much else happening. Going back to school on the 28th, dentist tomorrow. Posting again later with pics.

Laterz.

Knitting be the Food of Life

The next post will be from my home instead of my dorm, since the semester's over. To tide you over, here's some pics of a frogged scarf I started and restarted and then abandoned for the moment.

It's the crossover scarf pattern from DIY Network's website. I modified it to make it thinner than the pattern said, but the needles I used weren't big enough to give it the airy look I desired.

Happy Birthday Missy J!

(I told you I'd show the internets this slightly embarrasing picture of you from a couple of years ago)

12 years old today! Happy birthday sweetie!

Houston, We Have a Problem

So I finished the hat I needed to make. Here it is, in it be-cat-eared glory. Oh, and the colors aren't that neon.

There's just one problem.
It is too large for my admittedly small head. The girl I made it for might have a larger head than me, though, so I'm not too worried about it. But if it is too large, and she doesn't like it, I'll go buy some size 7 dpns and some more yarn and reknit it. Don't need much of an impetus to buy more stuff, do I?

Makin' Stuff

I love knitting. I love its meditative qualities, having something to do whenever I have some free time, no matter where I am, and I love the feeling I get when I finish something. No, I haven't finished anything yet, but I sure do love that feeling. Well, I suppose I have finished more baby sox, but I don't think they count. Ok, they totally do.

But whatever. I'm making a hat for a girl in my dorm. She bought the yarn for it; a green-blue-yellow variegated, but alas! it is Red Heart. And some of the worst Red Heart I have ever seen. I didn't want to say anything to her, give her ideas and whatnot, but I wouldn't put this stuff next to my forehead for anything. Ok, maybe for money. Or yarn. But whatever, not if I had a choice. Anyway, she wants a hat with Kitty Ears. Ok. I'll do that. She paid me.

I knit some on my lace scarf for the first time in a couple months. Here's how long it is. I think I'll have it finished by next fall, when it'll be cool enough to wear it. Since it's wool, I think it'll be warm enough to wear all winter, even though it's lace. I love the pattern, although it's just varied enough that I can't memorize it, so I can't watch tv or read while I'm knitting it.

Oh well, I can still listen to music, and I can't knit on it until the hat is finished anyway. I'm trying to finish it before Friday so I can give it to her before I leave. I told her I'd mail it to her in June, because I didn't want to get her hopes up, but so far it's proving to be a fairly quick knit. I need to go now and knit. I'm watching the second half of Streetcar Named Desire, since I missed the first half, but it's pretty cool. And there's nothing else on anyway.