I’m calling my first crocheted project
of 2013 “Back to the Future” and when you see the pictures you will understand
why.
This is a bit of a long story, so grab a cup of coffee and
read on. The year was 1970 and my younger sister Kathy wanted to learn how to
crochet. Kathy made a mistake that new crocheters
often make; she started with a project that was way too big, a granny square
afghan consisting of 24 large motifs, then she became discouraged, or got tired
of the project or both. At any rate, she
put the unfinished project aside.
At some point she turned the project over to our Mother for
completion but Mother never completed the project. Mother passed away on
September 5th 2012, and while going through her things we found the
unfinished project. I took the motifs
home and told my sis that I would finish the afghan for her, 42 years after it
was started.
When I got to looking at the motifs I discovered what Mother
had mostly likely discovered. Kathy had
made a very common mistake, when attaching a new color of yarn; she attached it
to the wrong side. Quite a few of the motifs are done this way. Mother was a perfectionist when it came to
crochet. She could not tolerate a mistake. My best guess is that Mother planned
on taking the motifs apart and make them right. I noticed several short strands of yarn in the
sack that housed the project, but for some reason, she never finished.
I on the other hand can tolerate a few mistakes. I told
Kathy what I discovered, but that I do not intend to fix her mistakes. They are
part of the personality of the motifs. I have four more motifs to complete and
then I’ll stitch the motifs together, add a border, and present the granny
square afghan to my sister some 40 years after it was started.
Here are some pictures of the motifs. When I have the afghan
stitched together, I’ll show you a picture of the finished object. It is indeed
a blast from the past.
