Granny Squares New, Improved and Up-to-date
March 2015
Crochet Lovers Magazine
Never-Ending Granny Square Afghan
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March 2015
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Editor’s Comments Page 4
Never-Ending Granny Square Afghan Page 9 Table Cloth Doily Page 10
Yesterday’s Pattern Bread Filet Crochet Doily Page 11
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3 Dish Cloths Variations on a Theme 3 ways to wash up! Page 12
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This magazine is about finding new ways to create differences in the older patterns, while at the same time, keeping the old patterns the same for those of us who love them the way they are. It doesn’t matter if you are a new crocheter, or an experienced crocheter, everyone has their favorite patterns. I used to hate granny squares, because there were so many granny square patterns being circulated when I was a new crocheter. I really wanted something different, because the granny squares were all the same, just different colors. I used to think that there was no way to create a new granny square, until I saw on Facebook The Crochet Crowd’s Mikey and his Never-Ending Granny Square Afghan. This is a very new afghan, and I have made two queen size afghans because I like it so well. The purple Never-Ending Granny Square Afghan to the right, was worked with 5 yarns. There are several tricks with this afghan, and if you choose to crochet up this afghan, you will never think a granny square is difficult with all those ends in it, again. We will include old patterns in the issues, whether they are lace doilies, or other vintage items for people to enjoy and crochet. Hopefully, our dear readers will send in photographs of their items in progress and finished items.
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Crocheting then and now...
Irish Lace is one of the most beautiful crochet techniques . Irish Crochet Lace became very popular in the 1840s, during the Ireland potato famine. Families that could not pay their bills sold their lace to make money. A woman’s skill with making lace was sometimes the only thing that kept the family from starving.
There are more than one type of Irish lace, and the laces are very beautiful. Princess Diana and Princess Kate wore Irish lace on their wedding gowns. The techniques for crochet are completely different today, as compared to yesterday, yet today’s crocheter can make as intricate designs as our ancestors did. Our ancestors usually had a photo or drawing or even a newspaper photo to use as a pattern, or made the design from their mind, not from a printed or video pattern.
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Crocheting then and now
History of Crochet by Ruthie Marks on http://www.crochet. org/?page=CrochetHistory was quite enlightening. Ever wondered where crochet started? No one really knows where crochet started. There are examples of crochet actually began, but we do know that multiple civilizations utilized crocheting to make clothing, table cloths, dolls, rites in puberty, and so on.
Tambouring came from West Africa and Turkey. The samples above and to the right were made in today’s world, where we have machines that can make the delicate work that women once did for their “pin money”. These items are still made by hand for women who prefer the skilled touch to their items, rather than the machined look. Some people can tell when an item has been made by hand or by machine. The blue tambouring is made by machine, and if we saw the underside of the item, we could see where the machine left off. We are so lucky that we can just go to the store and buy the yarns we need, rather than have to go out and shear sheep, or pick cotton and do the time consuming techniques it took to make the yarns.
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