Tuesday 9th September - today has been...

mostly about crochet...

In a mad moment I wondered what would happen if I used a very small hook and sock yarn...

I've a wallet full of teeny tiny hooks saved from my godmothers house when we cleared it. She was such a good needlewoman; embroidery, tapestry, dressmaking, knitting, crochet; she could do it all, and do it well. Born in around 1929 in Finland she was brought up by her grandmother. All the women and girls made all the clothes for the whole family at home. Her knitting needles and crochet hooks were all very fine, as she knitted her own sock and stocking, and also crocheted an endless stream of doilies and net curtains from fine cotton thread.

Here's one of her hooks in use, with the sock yarn granny square;

I've included my other crochet project, using a 6.5mm hook and chunky yarn to give an idea of scale.

It's going remarkably well, but it does take time to find the rhythm with fine wool and yarn. All the movements have to be so much smaller, but still with 'soft' relaxed hands and fingers to keep the tension reasonably loose.

I opened the fridge door to be greeted by souvenirs of other people's travels;

Our own local milk delivery doesn't use printed milk bottles so I assume these came back from people's holidays. I suppose one milk bottle is very like another as far as the bottle washing and filling machines are concerned.

A couple more Grace's for mealtimes for the collection;

Granny Marigold reminded me of 'For what we are about to receive, may we be truly thankful'. I have a feeling that we used to say 'For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful' which always sounded slightly threatening to me.

Martha contributed 'Rub-a-dub, thanks for the grub', from a trainee youth pastor, much to the surprise of the senior pastor.

I have just remembered 'ta, Pa'; which I think one of our Vicar's said when asked to say grace at a Sunday lunch we had been invited to. (It was a very very long time ago so it might have been a different child, and a different occasion!)