|
Post by happyathome on Jan 25, 2013 0:37:36 GMT -5
Weren't the clothes of the women beautiful. The lace collars etc and Miss Mamie and Miss Emily's clothing was outstanding. I would love to wear clothes like that today.
|
|
|
Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 25, 2013 1:29:08 GMT -5
What's even more amazing is that back during that time the majority of clothes were handmade. Those lace collars would have been crocheted by the women themselves, then sewn on the dresses & starched. They seemed to have time to do all of that without all of the time saving things we have today: dishwashers, microwaves, automatic washers & dryers, etc....
|
|
|
Post by happyathome on Jan 25, 2013 3:46:31 GMT -5
Well recently I got rid of our telephone and now only use a mobile ( cell) phone. It was part of my simplifying my life and I have to say it has made a big difference to my day where before I felt I had to jump and answer the phone. We live on a farm and I help dh milk the cows. Every morning I go down the back of the farm to lock the cows in their field and there is no noise there apart from the birds, the bees humming and the cows chewing the grass and I sit there and drink in the peace and quiet and spend time with the Lord and my heart and soul is refreshed. I would love to get rid of the TV as well and when I am alone at home I will often watch a good DVD that lifts me up but the radio etc is turned off. Our granddaughters ages 8 and7 are watching The Waltons and they love it
|
|
|
Post by JeriJet on Jan 25, 2013 8:26:05 GMT -5
What's even more amazing is that back during that time the majority of clothes were handmade. Those lace collars would have been crocheted by the women themselves, then sewn on the dresses & starched. They seemed to have time to do all of that without all of the time saving things we have today: dishwashers, microwaves, automatic washers & dryers, etc.... One does not crochet lace.... one tats !!
|
|
|
Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 25, 2013 10:44:22 GMT -5
What's even more amazing is that back during that time the majority of clothes were handmade. Those lace collars would have been crocheted by the women themselves, then sewn on the dresses & starched. They seemed to have time to do all of that without all of the time saving things we have today: dishwashers, microwaves, automatic washers & dryers, etc.... One does not crochet lace.... one tats !! Okay, they tatted their lace! My slip-up. ;D I was thinking about the crocheted collars that are on my daughters dresses. Back in the 1980's I worked in a lace factory. The machines were huge & big punch cards with the pattern ran overhead & you had to keep the machines creeled. You had to stand & walk the entire shift on hard concrete. Factory floors made of wood are much better on your feet/legs/back than concrete is.
|
|
|
Post by Forum Administrator on Jan 25, 2013 11:57:12 GMT -5
My grandmother and my mother and aunts used to crochet lace tabletop doilies. I have some that my grandmother made. Here is an example of crocheted lace:
|
|
|
Post by JeriJet on Jan 25, 2013 12:32:37 GMT -5
Appears to be cro-tatting..... For those who have a true interest in the subject (as I do, because I have a huge collection of stuff made by ancestors -- no one else in the family wanted it!!)..... Tatting is a technique for handcrafting lace edging as well as doilies, collars, and other decorative pieces. It is formed by a pattern of rings and chains formed from a series of cow hitch, or half-hitch knots, called double stitches, over a core thread. Gaps can be left between the stitches to form picots, which are used for practical construction as well as decorative effect. Shuttle tatting is the earliest method of creating lace. A tatting shuttle (only about 3" long) facilitates tatting by holding a length of wound thread and guiding it through loops to make the requisite knots. Needle tatting originated in the early twentieth century. A tatting needle is a long, blunt needle that does not change thickness at the eye of the needle. The needle used must match the thickness of the thread chosen for the project. A newer technique, cro-tatting combines the look of tatting with the ease of crocheting. This technique blurs the line between crochet and tatting; you use a crochet hook to do it, but your finished project resembles tatting. The cro-tatting tool is a tatting needle with a crochet hook at the end. One can also cro-tat with a bullion crochet hook or a very straight crochet hook. My paternal grandma used to patiently show us and explain to us the differences among her vast collection, produced mainly by her mother and aunts, although she also did some beautiful work. "Blurs the line" is certainly accurate -- hardly anyone today knows there is even a difference -- and, no reason they should.....
|
|
|
Post by weezer29 on Jan 25, 2013 13:14:00 GMT -5
Brenda, That is beautiful. I would love to learn to do that. I crochet, but have not done anything that intricate.
|
|
|
Post by happyathome on Jan 25, 2013 13:49:53 GMT -5
My grandmother tried to teach me to tatt. I never got the hang of it. I am teaching myself to crochet this year. I only know the treble and I want to learn others
|
|
|
Post by sdw on Jan 25, 2013 13:53:00 GMT -5
My late grandmother tatted,she tatted some lace for my sister Robin for a dress my Mom was making her. When Robin got married,she used the rest of the tatting on her bridal bouquet,my grandmother had already died,so she didn't get to see Robin using the tatting.
|
|
|
Post by Forum Administrator on Jan 25, 2013 15:20:27 GMT -5
Brenda, That is beautiful. I would love to learn to do that. I crochet, but have not done anything that intricate. Peggi, That isn't one of mine. It is just a picture I found on the Internet. I was too lazy to take a picture and upload it. Maybe later. Brenda
|
|
|
Post by JeriJet on Jan 25, 2013 16:53:41 GMT -5
happy and sdw -- So GLAD someone else knows about tatting !! True tatted lace is so intricate, so fine.... It's one of those things I would never even attempt..... wasn't that good at crocheting or knitting, either, but both sisters are whizzes! My favorite gifts from them are things they have created with their own hands. People who can do that kind of stuff amaze me I imagine that, today, tatting is a lost art. Who has time ??
|
|
|
Post by ForeverWaltons on Jan 26, 2013 0:07:00 GMT -5
There is a "living" museum about 35 to 40 minutes from where I live. They have taken old cabins, houses, barns, churches, etc...and put them back together there. They have people in period dress & they demonstrate blacksmithing, open hearth cooking, candlemaking, churning to make butter, shearing sheep, turning wool into thread by using a spinning wheel, tatting, etc...
My kids were really interested in the tatting. I took a few pictures of the ladies doing it. I will have my husband post them hopefully next weekend. I am going to be off the forum until late next Friday night (2/1) or Saturday (2/2) so I will not have the time to show him what pictures I want posted until then.
Between my two Grandmothers they taught me to crochet, embroidery, sew, quilt, cook, can & freeze from a garden/fruit trees, etc....My Great Aunt taught me to knit & my Home Economics teacher taught me to candlewick. I taught myself to cross stitch.
I have inherited beautiful things from both of my Grandmothers. Crocheted bedspread, doilies, embroidered pillowcases, handmade quilts, etc...No amount of money could ever buy them from me. My Mother-in-law has also crocheted a gorgeous tablecloth for me.
|
|
|
Post by carol on Jan 26, 2013 22:25:00 GMT -5
My grandmother attempted to teach me to knit. I just couldn't get it no matter how hard I tried. When she realized I was useless at LOL it she taught me to crochet instead. I never did much with it until a few years ago when I crocheted myself a scarf. Grandma also taught me plastic canvas. I've made many things with that. Now that Grandma is gone doing these crafts makes me think of time spent with her. I have taught myself to cross stitch.
|
|
|
Post by happyathome on Jan 27, 2013 0:15:24 GMT -5
. I have a lovely cross stitched table cloth given to me by an elderly friend who was 80 and her mother had made it . She gave it to me because none of her family wanted it!! I also taught myself to cross stitch and I have a couple of pieces of embroidery my mother made.
|
|