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December 1980 - The Angel

12/2/2018

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The Angel won by four votes!   
 
The materials:
The pattern asks for Unger’s Arianne Gold and Silver yarn.  Ravelry estimates this discontinued yarn to be sport weight.
 
At recent estate sale I found some Columbia Minerva Camelot to replace the gold with but I didn’t see any sport weight silver to go with it so my plan is to blend the silver Knit-Cro-Sheen with some perle cotton and see if that will work.
Here is the supply list:

  • Columbia Minerva Camelot on Gold – estimated to be a sport weight
  • J.P. Coats Metallic Knit-Cro-Sheen – size 10 thread
  • DMC Gray size 5 perle cotton
  • Size D hook
  • Cone shaped paper cup
  • 2 small black beads
  • 4-inch Styrofoam ball
  • 1 small package picture wire
  • 4 inches of narrow red velvet ribbon 
  • Tapestry needle
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 The pattern:
The body, hair and part of the arms are done in gold.  The head, collar, wings and hands are done in silver.     I may do the head and hands in some other color of sport weight yarn instead of silver - that's the part where gauge will matter the most.  The wings are worked over the wire so the gauge won't matter as much for that part.   I can either make the collar bigger if the silver thread plus DMC is too small or I can try another color for that too.

Substitutes will need to be found for:
  • the paper cup - I think just heavy stock paper turned into a cone will work.
  • the ribbon - I have some ribbon but not red velvet
  • the picture wire - I have jewelry wire that should work
  • the styrofoam ball - I may just use fiberfill.

Next week I'll share some of the interesting ads from the 1980 issue and an update on how the Angel is going.
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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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