July 1974 Voting

For July we’re going back to 1974. 
 
The Top 40 Songs included:

• Rock Your Baby – George McCrae
• Annie’s Song  - John Denver
• Rock the Boat – The Hues Corporation
• Feel Like Makin’ Love – Roberta Flack
• If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – Olivia Newton-John
• Waterloo – ABBA
• Radar Love – Golden Earring
• Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
• Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
• The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
• You And Me Against the World – Helen Reddy

 
Best seller list top 15 Fiction included

• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Jaws by Peter Benchley
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre

 
Non-Fiction

• All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

 
The July 1974 issue of Workbasket Magazine has five patterns.   The cover above was one.  The American Flag pattern is still available courtesy of Annie’s Attic and the Craft Yarn Council here.  Also in this issue is a Barbecue Mitt, a Two Color Handbag, a Yellow Vest and an Afghan in Two Colors.  The afghan photo is unmistakably 1970s.  Check out the stereo and the curtains!

​For July, you can choose between the Barbecue Mitt and the Two Color Handbag.  I know I’ve done both a barbecue mitt and purses before but the flag and the afghan were way too big and I don’t think I’d wear the yellow vest.  If anyone decides to make the flag I’d love to see it!

The Barbecue Mitt uses heavy rug yarn in two colors.   The black and white photo doesn’t really show how the two colors work but I think that the contrasting color is just for the edging. The Two Color Handbag uses worsted weight yarn and true to 1974, they suggest brown and orange for your color choices. 

What's your vote for the July pattern?  The Barbecue Mitt or the Two Color Handbag.