This post is for Sally.
When she blogged recently about her husband coming home with the entire collection of Golden Hands Weekly, I was jealous. Jealous that her husband would even know that it was something good to give (my husband dishes out the most boring gifts.... dustbuster, tongs, etc.), but even more jealous of the awesome collection of magazines that she now owned!
I own only a few random editions of Golden Hands and know how retro and cool they are.
Fast forward one week to yesterday. As I passed my local Vinnies on the way to the supermarket I thought I'd pop in for a short browse and whooppeeee, what did I see???
I had been pondering crocheting some stars for the Christmas tree this year as they will be quite safe for kiddies (no breaking glass balls) and now I own a few different star patterns.
Do you think my boys will looks as happy as this kid if I crochet them little vests like this???
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. I haven't even looked through three of the folders yet - Yippee!
Note - Sally, I'm teaching grade two - 25 jumping eight year olds!
OMG!!! What an AWESOME discovery! It will take you a long time to get through them all :) Brilliant!!!
ReplyDeleteThey're so super cool. Some of the ideas are so ... mmm... ridiculous and others are so timeless. A good read all round. I can remember my grandmother knitting from these when I was a kid.
What do you think... can a three piece crocheted suit come back into fashion???
... and grade two - what fun :)
Oh Christy, what a great discovery. There must be some choice photos, I love that kid dressed in his cowboy get-up. You can tell he's really bored with the photoshoot or his thinking "I hope none of my friends see these photos". It'd be such a laugh now as an adult, I bet he must get seriously paid out about it.
ReplyDeleteMum has a few craft books from the 80s which are just so daggy, sometimes I can't imagine how any of the patterns could be updated into something funky and acceptable for today.
Wow you did well - great score!
ReplyDeleteI love Kate's trims too - but now you can make some for yourself - in all the colours of the rainbow!
Lucky, lucky you!!!!
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