I've picked up crochet again since my husband died and it has been such a blessing. I really lose myself when I'm working with a piece and when I see what other people are doing, I get a bit envious. I know enough about my skill to know I can crochet anything if you give me the pattern and these days, I've ventured out and done several things without a pattern.
Still, there are those with a talent for crochet that I will never be able to touch. My grandmother had it. I decided to share this today when I saw some micro crochet items that someone had posted on Facebook.
She got the dolls at a baby shower many years ago. They used to put the naked babies in your glass, sometimes frozen in an ice cube. They are actually a soft rubber and their tiny limbs can actually be bent or moved. I don't do that because they are old but if you've seen the modern version of these, they are now a hard plastic and slightly larger. These ladies could sit on a quarter. At any rate, she took them home and crocheted clothes for them. 
Those are gorgeous! I found a sample of a crocheted drop on a necklace and Pinned it. It takes embroidery thread, a strand at a time. I've crocheted a granny square and attached with a ring as a drop on a silver chain. The square finished off less than an inch. Sooo cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful keepsakes! Your grandmother was certainly a master with the crochet hook! What a blessing!!
ReplyDeleteThey are even more precious because you know her hands made those teeny stitches.
ReplyDeleteTruly amazing! Wow! What a treasure!
ReplyDeleteI love them. I have been crocheting a little here and there. Making a new blanket for my new grand daughter. So I bought a package of the small steel hooks and have begun to make doilies...it is very intense for me....I keep losing my place on the pattern...oh well, I might just stick with a double crochet.
ReplyDeletethey are lovely, made all the more precious because of their sentimental value. You must value them very much.
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