Quote Of The Day

 

Follow Me watercolor by John Arnold

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. ~ Woodrow Wilson.

Wishing You A Happy One

 

Vintage Tatting - A Rosette from the 1920's

 

From Beyer's Frivolite, a free download from the Antique Pattern Library.  Publication date uncertain but probably early 20's. Stiffly starched, it would make a pretty Christmas ornament, either plain or with the addition of chrystal beads or tiny ribbons. EDITED TO ADD:  or, as blogfriend Sam pointed out, adorning a glass bauble.

I don't read or speak Dutch, but this is my translation:

Center - 5 rings of 8 ds/P/8ds. Cut thread.

First and only round:

Oval Ring of 8ds (join in the first picot of the center ring) 8ds, close.  Leave a short length of thread.

Large Ring of 8-3-3-3-3-3-3-36, close ring.  Leave a short length of thread.

Small Ring of 4 (join to first picot of Large Ring) 6-4, close.  Leave a short length of thread.

Another ring of 8 (join to same picot in center ring as first oval ring) 8, close.

Repeat this series 9 times, joining the last Small Ring to the first Large Ring.

Vintage Holidays - Thanksgiving

 

image from thegraphicsfairy.com

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Devouring Time, blunt thou thy lion's paws. ~ William Shakespeare

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Knitting - A Doll's Ensemble from 1964

 

A gift idea as we sneak up on Christmas; a two-piece ensemble designed for 11.5" fashion dolls, knitted in fingering yarn.  From the June, 1964 Workbasket magazine. Two pages of instructions, and available as a free download from the Internet Archive.

Happy American Indian Heritage Month

 

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Grrrsday

 

Other Crafts: Cornhusk Novelties from 1942

 

A selection of novelty items to make from cornshucks - slippers, baskets, rugs, fans - as explained in the November, 1942 Workbasket magazine.  The  issue can be downloaded from the Antique Pattern Library. 

Lest We Forget

 

Saturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

photo by Justin Fogerty

Margaret, are you grieving

Over Goldengrove unleaving?

Leaves, like the things of man, you

With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?

Ah! as the heart grows older

It will come to such sights colder

By and by, nor spare a sigh

Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;

And yet you will weep and know why.

Now no matter, child, the name:

Sorrow's springs are the same.

Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed

What heart heard of, ghost guessed.

It is the blight man was born for,

It is Margaret you mourn for. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

11/6/24

 

As Does Everyone's

 

I am an election judge again this year. There will be no posting until Wednesday.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Breakfast Piece (Herbert Badham, 1936)

We each hold up the past like it's a gift, and it is. ~ Crystal Wilkinson