On a recent trip "home" (at least my original home aka Minnesota), I spent a lot of time garage saling with my friend Sue. At one garage sale, I scored a big bag of vintage crochet booklets that date back to the late-1930's for just a $1! Sure, to most this was a bag of musty junk, but to me, it was pure gold.
I got not one, but two 1940's books on crocheted handbags.
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| I love the detail of the crocheted zipper pull. |
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| The bags in this book are made of cordet, soutache, gimp, ribbon braid, bagtwist, straw, plastic and wool; innovative. |
This book is filled with table coverings of all types.
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| I don't know about you, but I usually dress this elegantly when I sit down to crochet. |
There were two books on edgings.
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| I always wonder how you could really use one of these, but I guess ladies don't really honk into their hankies, do they? |
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| I love the crazy color schemes on these hankies. |
The final two are for household items and pot holders.
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| This one is called "Gay Gadgets." Since when are slippers considered gadgets? |
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| Here's an example from the "Gay Gadgets" book. That pumpkin pin cushion is pretty cute. |
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| I love the graphic on this 1939 booklet! |
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| The graphics inside are just as good. |
This is just a sampling of the booklet I got. There were about three times this many dating all the way up to the 1970's. I didn't bring much back from my garage saling adventures with Sue, but this and the time with my old friend made it all worthwhile.
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2 comments:
SCORE!! Those kind of books and patterns are so hard to find.. I'm extremely jealous.. :)
So nice to see those booklets are still around. I hate that people just throw away things they, themselves, don't want anymore. There are lots of reasons to give away or sell at a rummage sale, and "recycle & reuse" are better than fill the landfill. Besides lots of the projects will be fun!
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