I've posted these before but I was appreciating them again in the early morning sunlight today.
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
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@RussCheshire @dillyd When I found my grandma's lace bobbins (many years after her death) I had no clue what they were.
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd Wow! It's so amazing when you're able to preserve something that your ancestors made, so special
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@dillyd They’re lovely! Do you know how to quilt? It’s on my bucket list to learn someday.
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Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd They are really old, then. But, they still look beautiful.
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@dillyd They’re lovely! Do you know how to quilt? It’s on my bucket list to learn someday.
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@dillyd Gorgeous!
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I do quilt, but I don't know how to crochet. I'd like to learn.@dillyd @lydiaschoch I (re)learned how to crochet with books and Youtube.
The basic building block of getting a loop through a loop (once or more) gives an infinite world of possibilities. The hardest part is spending enough time to get regularity. I like #crochet -
Edit: they were my great great grandmas. My mother's mother's mother's mother, and my mother's father's mother's mother.
Wow, write that word enough times and it starts to look wrong.@dillyd there's a technical term for this but I can't remember it. (You get the same effect if you /say/ the same word too many times in a row.)
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@dillyd @lydiaschoch I (re)learned how to crochet with books and Youtube.
The basic building block of getting a loop through a loop (once or more) gives an infinite world of possibilities. The hardest part is spending enough time to get regularity. I like #crochet@Klara @lydiaschoch
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@dillyd Those are beautiful!
And such a great connection to your gggmas!@colo_lee you're good. Your edit appeared as I was favoriting your reply.
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Those are beautiful. I'd like to find somebody to teach me in-person. I really hate watching videos@dillyd @lydiaschoch a wool shop in your neighbourhood is the first place were I would ask if they know someone. Many have a notice board. Or in a repair cafe that does textiles.
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@dillyd @lydiaschoch a wool shop in your neighbourhood is the first place were I would ask if they know someone. Many have a notice board. Or in a repair cafe that does textiles.
@Klara @lydiaschoch good idea, I'll look around
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@colo_lee you're good. Your edit appeared as I was favoriting your reply.
@dillyd It's a lot of great greats!
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@dillyd both are beautiful. A lot of love went into those stitches. I've done both quilting & crochet to feel closer to ancestors
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