tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post2057863273311579666..comments2023-10-23T14:50:56.080-05:00Comments on Soapbox: My Great-grandmother's Crochetnoricumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904523391639958451noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-49833712526101055312008-06-07T06:36:00.000-05:002008-06-07T06:36:00.000-05:00Thank you very much, and you're welcome. :)Thank you very much, and you're welcome. :)noricumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904523391639958451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-52088606220532455532008-06-06T22:59:00.000-05:002008-06-06T22:59:00.000-05:00Beautiful work by your grandmother !!! I would agr...Beautiful work by your grandmother !!! I would agree with the others....frame it. And your blog is just too good...and quite interesting. Also, thanks for the progress bar....I addded it to my blog.Vinitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107132476004558936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-58245536876519812392007-07-31T09:35:00.000-05:002007-07-31T09:35:00.000-05:00Well, I was going to advise what everybody else en...Well, I was going to advise what everybody else enouraged you to do: frame it. Yet, if you don't have any wall space and you don't have any counter space, then I would just wrap it back up, put it in a safe place where critters can't get to, and display it futher down the road when you do have the space. It is a lovely piece and you are right to treasure it.Knitted Gemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506537850912326743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-81699263833025437982007-07-30T18:12:00.001-05:002007-07-30T18:12:00.001-05:00doh, I just read the othercomments saying the same...doh, I just read the othercomments saying the same thing :)Jewelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15538842889301527010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-17742001003596766382007-07-30T18:12:00.000-05:002007-07-30T18:12:00.000-05:00What a great heirloom to have. Maybe you can fram...What a great heirloom to have. Maybe you can frame it?Jewelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15538842889301527010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-83386635498507692652007-07-30T13:22:00.000-05:002007-07-30T13:22:00.000-05:00I might frame it at some point, but at the moment ...I might frame it at some point, but at the moment I have absolutely no wall space.noricumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904523391639958451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-75027954296462588282007-07-30T13:15:00.000-05:002007-07-30T13:15:00.000-05:00I vote for framing it. What a great family heirlo...I vote for framing it. What a great family heirloom.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01697991569215235051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-62306767176923411712007-07-30T12:20:00.000-05:002007-07-30T12:20:00.000-05:00frame it on an acid free matboard. or velvet (my ...frame it on an acid free matboard. or velvet (my mother has the lord's prayer done in crochet, and framed on blue velvet (my grandmother did it). it's so big that the darned thing weighs like 40 lbs! (about 18 kilos, i THINK)(i'm too lazy to google it, lol). who knows who'll get it when she passes on. i just remember it being around FOREVER.dragon knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876200889552460658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-72362805329471632007-07-30T12:00:00.000-05:002007-07-30T12:00:00.000-05:00That's so neat!That's so neat!noricumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904523391639958451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9226023.post-24854441326641209812007-07-30T11:55:00.000-05:002007-07-30T11:55:00.000-05:00I have several doilies my great-grandfather croche...I have several doilies my great-grandfather crocheted, yes, great grand-FATHER. Apparently, he was a farmer and in the winter time, crocheted to pass the time.<BR/><BR/>It's neat (to me)Deneenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133271671966561594noreply@blogger.com