Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Kleenex and the death of hankerchiefs

As a child, I learnt to iron when mum let me do the hankies and the tea towels.  I loved the large checked hankies for Dad, the smaller hankies for Mum that I folded into rectangle, and the tiny hankies for my sister and I that went into neat little squares.  I still use tea towels every day, and now my own children are learning to iron on them, but hankies have sort of fallen by the wayside.

My family love their aloe-vera softened, eucalyptus oil enriched tissues - recycled tissues are 'too scratchy" and hankies are too much effort....until they leave a tissue in a pocket in the wash!
A pretty vintage hankie
A pretty vintage hankie

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Hello again and a free pattern

It's been a while, but I finally have my google profile worked out so I can post again.

Many months ago a reader asked for a crocheted collar pattern, and finally I have one! I was listing this 1960s Pins and Needle magazine today (see my Etsy store)....
When I found this pattern....


I still can't seem to be able to change the size of photos so let me know if you'd like it emailed, or just grab the original mag from Etsy!





Thursday, 21 May 2015

Vintage Pattern - Cute Crochet Cap

Today a little crochet pattern for a winter beanie from May 1965 (Australian Women's Weekly).


I am pretty sure dc is double crochet, and there is a good tutorial here (which I may actually follow one day...)

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Vintage Pattern - Crochet a Cheeky Monkey!

I found this cute monkey pattern in the December 1960 issue of the Women's Weekly and had to share! I have tried to enlarge it to make it readable.

vintage 1960s crochet monkey and free pattern

My crochet is not fantastic, but I would love to give it a go.....If you do, please let me know!


 


Apparently Demi Moore loves toy monkeys.... I wonder if she crochets?