I've posted before about amazing craft stuff I luckily got from my aunt, who got it from the janitor's wife at her school. I'm still not sure how I exactly ended up with her craft files, but it's an amazing treasure trove. She filed them all in this accordion file, all labeled diligently. Lately I wanted to make a small afghan in the classic chevron pattern. So I turned to the files. Here is the progress. I received all this after she died, but I wish I could have met her.
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February 01, 2010
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holy smack! that was a lucky score :)
Posted by: Jenna Nelson | February 01, 2010 at 05:39 PM
wow! that's like a dream come true. your afghan is looking gorgeous!
Posted by: cheryl | February 02, 2010 at 02:26 AM
I've received crafting patterns and supplies from older women who were cleaning out or who had died. It always feels like such a gift. I wonder who gets all my stuff when I am old?
Posted by: Lovely World | February 02, 2010 at 08:51 AM
just gorgeous!
Posted by: guusje | February 02, 2010 at 09:55 AM
What a treasure!
Posted by: Travelingmama | February 02, 2010 at 11:15 AM
I adore !
Posted by: Stéphanie | February 03, 2010 at 04:45 AM
what an amazing resource! i love the colors you're using for your blanket, so perfect.
Posted by: jennygordy | February 05, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Oh, my. How fortunate. And the beginnings of the afghan are wonderful. What weight yarn are you using?
Posted by: Heather | February 05, 2010 at 01:21 PM
what a treasure!
this reminds me of when I was a little girl, and my next door neighbor-spinster-school-Marm (can't believe I just called her a spinster!)
gave me a box of her old school teacher books & supplies. I was in heaven.
To this day, I still have one book from that box...it is a reference book for country school teachers. I treasure it. :)
Posted by: suzanne | February 06, 2010 at 08:55 AM
that knit has such pretty colours: 3
Posted by: Danli | February 09, 2010 at 04:16 AM
You lucky! How beautifully kept it all is. My aunt gave me an archive box full of the sewing patterns her mother had used as a teenager and young wife, then for their family when the children were small... it was like a time capsule and I love looking over the patterns and discoering little notes she's written on them.
Posted by: EmilyKate | February 25, 2010 at 06:33 AM
It's lovely that her cherished patterns and ephemera are being passed onto someone else who will equally cherish - but more importantly - use them!
Thanks for sharing - Houdini x
Posted by: Houdini | March 20, 2010 at 01:29 PM
you ... ... ... This is all I have for you! "HAILAN short laugh:" Really? to me? fact, this is easy to handle, if you do not want to do the Queen Mother, and you can die ah arrangement allows
Posted by: North Face Outlet | July 08, 2011 at 05:26 AM
Very cool, I've been looking a lot for something like this, your bracelets are amazing, it seems like they are transmitting a part of your soul.
Posted by: Logo Design | August 13, 2011 at 04:11 AM