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So, like, Oh my God, it's totally October 1982

9/28/2019

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For October, we're headed back to 1982.   The Cold War is still going on.  USSR is performing nuclear tests and President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. 

Top 40 songs included:
  • "Jack and Diane" – John Cougar
  • "Who Can it be Now" – Men At Work
  • "Eye in the Sky" – The Alan Parsons Project
  • "I Ran" – A Flock of Seagulls
  • "Abracadabra" – The Steve Miller Band
  • "Athena" – The Who
  • "You Can Do Magic" – America
  • "Heartlight" – Neil Diamond
  • "I Get Excited" – Rick Springfield (I had this album)
  • "Mickey" – Toni Basil
  • "Hold On" – Santana

Fiction best sellers were:
  • Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
  • Space by James A. Michener
  • The Valley of the Horses by Jean M Auel (I think I read this)

Non-fiction best sellers
  • Jane Fonda’s Workout Book
  • Living, Loving and Learning by Leo Buscaglia
  • A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein (I still have this)

We were watching Dallas, Magnum P.I., Simon & Simon, The Love Boat, The A-Team and Hart to Hart.  Vanna White replaced Susan Stafford on Wheel of Fortune.

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The October 1982 Workbasket Magazine had four crochet patterns.  There’s the Checquers Afghan:
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The Martian and Astronaut:
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And the two you'll choose from this month - A Cuddly Cat or a Watermelon Ensemble
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The cuddly cat is described as "adorable on a child's bed".   The Watermelon Ensemble is a potholder, a key chain, a bookmark and a refrigerator magnet.  

What do you think I should make; a cuddly cat or some watermelon accessories?


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September lost

9/22/2019

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I was going to do a post about some interesting advertisements in the "rejected" years for the last September post but I've lost them.   I, somehow, lost a stack of 14 magazines.  Granted they're small magazines but I can't find them and I've looked in all of the likely spots.   
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While looking though some things got a little more organized including the yarn stash.

About ten years ago I had two small canvas boxes that held my yarn.    I have, um, a lot more than that now and I'm going to show you how I store my yarn.

This storage is for the most used yarn and holds mostly cheaper acrylics and acrylic blends - it's sorted by size.  Ten years ago there were two of these,  2 years ago there were five.   Today I added the sixth.  It's the red one in the upper right.   That yarn used to be in a bag on the floor in front of the others. 
 
Yarn storage

This next area is my working area and holds a basket of yarn I use for inspiration and testing, a box of Scheepjes mini skeins, a box of Knit Picks comfy sport and a clear box of Scheepjes Catona and other cotton thread-like yarn.   The drawer has safety eyes and other decorative pieces for amigurumi.

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Then there's the hidden bag between the table above and my chair.  This holds a current project and mostly Premier Everyday Yarn.
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Now we move out of the living room to the rest of the stash.   I have two drawers of yarn in the office.   One is special yarn and the other is thread.
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And one last stash area that developed when JoAnn's put the Bernat Maker Home Dec on clearance.  This is in my closet.
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So now you know about all of my hiding spots for yarn.   I have plans for all of these  - I just need a few decades to get them all done!

Next week I'll have the October voting ready.  Here's a photo of one of the knitted sweaters in the issue.  Can you guess what year it is?


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Rose Rug September 1948 finished - sort of

9/15/2019

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This is a pretty straighforward pattern and yet, not one of my favorites.    I just did one block and added an extra border and remembered that I don't really like going around rectangles.    I usually get the corners not quite right or somehow miss a stitch.   I've tried marking the corners and that helps a little bit but it's one of the things I struggle with in crochet.  

The middle cream section is done in rows and then you crochet a border around it.   I do like the way the spike stitches look on this and if this was done well would make a pretty nice rug.   I used Red Heart Super Saver or the equivalent yarn from other brands for the background and Scheepjes Catona for the cross-stitch part.

I just did part of the cross-stitch in the center because I think I'm going to take it out and put a green "L" in the center.   
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Vintage Fair Winners

9/7/2019

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I've been entering items into the Dakota County Fair for three years now and this year I entered some of the items you chose.   All of them won ribbons!

Here they are (plus one extra vintage pattern from the 50s that won a ribbon but wasn't on the blog).

Yellow and Green Girl's dress with 1st place ribbon - pattern from June 1977 Workbasket Magazine ribbon - patt
Girl's Dress - pattern from the June 1977 Workbasket Magazine
Yellow and Green Girl's Dress with first place ribbon displayed at the Dakota County Fair
Girl's dress as it was displayed at the fair. 1st place
Crocheted bag with fringe from May 1977 Workbasket Magazine with second place ribbon
Crochet Bag with Fringe from Workbasket Magazine May 1977
Crocheted bag with fringe from Workbasket Magazine May 1977 displayed at the Dakota County Fair
Crochet Bag with Fringe 2nd place as displayed. The other bag pictures is a friend's entry.
Cardigan with a Twist and a Pop from Workbasket Magazine April 1981 in turquoise Bamboo Pop yarn with a 1st place ribbon
Cardigan with a Twist and a Pop from Workbasket Magazine April 1981
blue cardigan from April 1981 Workbasket Magazine 1981 displayed at the Dakota County Fair
Cardigan as displayed at the fair. 1st place.
Green boy's visor from March 1955 Workbasket Magazine 5th place
Child's Visor from Workbasket Magazine March 1955
Boy's visor displayed at the Dakota County Fair
Visor as displayed at the fair. 5th place.
Pineapple Pot holders in blue and yellow - vintage pattern from the 1950s Pineapple Fan-Fair flyer
Vintage 1950s potholder pattern from Pineapple Fan-fair booklet
Pineapple Pot Holders displayed at the Dakota County Fair
Pineapple Potholders as displayed. 3rd place. The first place ones were from a pattern that was reverse engineered from a set of vintage potholders. Vintage patterns for the win!!
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September 1948 winner - Rug in crocheted needlepoint

9/2/2019

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​The Rose Rug is the winner with 81% of the votes.
Vintage Rose Rug crochet pattern from Workbasket Magazine September 1948
The Materials:

The pattern asks for rug yarn in black, wine, beige, dusty rose, rose pink, emerald green and light green.   Or if you happen to have discarded rayon hose or underwear they suggest that you could dye it and use that instead.   I’ll be using Red Heart Super Saver yarn in black, emerald green, light green, medium green, and cream because that’s what I have.   I think that rug yarn was a little heavier than what I’ll be using so this will probably be a bit smaller than theirs.

They use a size 00 hook which is the same as a size E or 3.5mm.   I’m going to try using an F because my favorite E hook is missing. 

The Pattern:

This is done in single crochet and chains.  They start out with the center piece that will have the embroidery and then crochet around it in a linen stitch and then do some spike stitches with the black.

They also say that this pattern could become an afghan or a robe by using a lighter weight yarn.

I’m considering swapping out the rose for something else but the cross-stitch space is limited to 24 x 9 stitches.  If anyone has any suggestions for that I’m willing to experiment.

Cover photo of Workbasket Magazine September 1948 Vintage Rose Rug crochet pattern featured
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I entered some of the projects I did for this blog in the Dakota County Fair and there were ribbons!  Next week I'll share what your votes won.
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    I'm from Minnesota and have been crocheting since 2003.  I inherited a box full of Workbasket Magazines from my mother-in-law and became obsessed with the vintage patterns.  

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