Some of the current phrases about the latest resurgience of crochet are various forms of “it’s not your mother’s/grandmother’s/granny’s/mama’s/etc.’s crochet.” Everytime I hear or read them, I get this little twinge in the back of my neck and my spine crawls a little. Something rises up in me that makes me say (usually to no one because there’s no one around), “OH.YES.IT.IS!”
This crochet that you are doing IS your momma’s and your granny’s crochet. As a mother and a grandmother of four children, I say that my crochet is definitely au currant and relevant. And I’m sure the other “mature” crochets will tell you all the same. Ha!
Also, what was so wrong with the crochet of yesteryear? Seriously, it wasn’t all avocado green, board-stiff, acrylic, firehazards. A lot of it was and still is very stylish. Yeah, some of us have been crocheting since the 70s and before, and back then we made the best with that we were given to use. The fibers available today are astounding, and the availability of yarn, supplies, and information can now be found at the touch of a keyboard. We didn’t have all that back then.
When I look at old patterns, I see many that I would love to make right now. I’ve even bought a few of them. Vintage patterns are in demand right now. Extremely popular. Everyone wants to study the old techniques because they realize there is designing gold in those old patterns.
Let me sum this up by saying that all granny’s crochet from back in the day was NOT ugly nor old-fashioned. Please stop dogging granny’s crochet because I honestly believe if you give granny the yarns, tools, and resources that you have today, she’d crochet a cozy around your booties that would put your stuff to shame.
Oh and granny squares are still cute after all these years.
Viva la crocheting grannies!
Granny
That top looks great on you!
Well said!! Some of the most cherished things I own are little crochet doilies made by my mom, way back when.
Nothing wrong with vintage. Hokum was made back then, but it was home grown hokum; and not centered on crochet… same as now except alot of the current hokum isn’t home grown.
Really sassy! Looks great on you!
You go girl. Get ‘em. If it was not for momma/granny I would not know how to crochet. I even have a book of needleproject by (I think Good Housekeeping) that has a dress pattern in it for a little girl. I can honestly say, I have not seen this dress since I returned to crochet, nor have I seen the technique in which to put the pieces together. So my hat is off to my Mother and my Suga’Mama for teaching me to crochet.
You look AmAZING!! Love that top.
I totally agree…(although the 70s doesn’t seem that long ago to me
You said it, TurquoizBlue! The project on my Ravelry page with the most hearts is a granny design from 1973. I love the history of fiber arts, and the knowledge that I’m just one in a line of women stretching back in time.
that is a super hot sweater