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My blog was filled up. I'm too lazy to clean it out. So I started a new one. |
| For some reason, I crocheted a lot of colorful squares and set aside. They are edged in black and ready to attach together. I lived away from my hometown for over 20 years, but left some things in storage at my parents. I have been back in town for 17 years. I have been going through the things in their home, since I'm living there now, and trying to sort them. I discovered these squares which could make a queen size spread, so I washed them. I didn't have any black yarn. I have tons of other colors, since I have crocheted other afghans and always had leftover yarn. I finally got some, and started connecting squares last night. There are uneven numbers of each color. For instance, there is only one brown one, twelve red, 4 yellow, etc. If I connect 42 or them, I'll have 4 leftover and can make pillow covers of them. It is so satisfying to sit and crochet. I have given afghans to almost everyone in the family, and who can use multiples? I don't pay close attention enough to make baby clothes. These days not many people want crocheted clothes, accessories, or stuffed animals. So I stick to afghans. I couldn't sell them. If I paid myself by the hour, the price would be outrageous, and that was before the price of yarn soared. Assembly line products are cheaper and preferred by most people. I'm going to finish it because it makes me happy. It will never be an heirloom, mostly because younger generations don't treasure the belongings of older family members. Maybe we baby boomers were the last to feel nostalgia for Great Uncle Hubert's tools or Great Grandma's jelly bowl, or Great Aunt Maggie's tatting. Relics belong in museums and don't work in a high tech household. |
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I marvel at the things I'll be able to tell my grandkids about someday. Life is accelerating - or maybe it just feels that way!
I completely sympathize with your desire to declutter. I have more stuff than you can shake a stick at that didn't actually belong to just my wife or myself throughout the house.