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Heirloom Knitting Has A Nice Ring To ItTime is money, and right now you don't have either the time or the money to answer the call of the shopping mall at Christmas. The only way you can show your friends love, peace on earth, .....
Heirloom knitting does have a certain ring to it, doesn' t it? Images of great grandma' s time in crafting such beautiful items with ornate designs and perfectly scrolled edges - maybe even some royalty in the family.
What Is Heirloom Knitting?
An heirloom is, according to Webster, a piece of personal property handed down by inheritance for several generations. It might be a great gift or legacy, expensive antique or of great personal, sentimental or emotional value. Heirloom knitting includes the definitives above plus the value of that loving attention that hand-crafted items intrinsically hold. To have an heirloom knit item is to look into one' s own past.
Time And Place
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Heirloom knitting is not a dead science, but the dynamics are quite different in the twenty first century than they were in 1776. No doubt, long hours were devoted to creating beautiful knit heirlooms - tablecloths, tapestries, shawls and scarves. Family crests and color schemes are relevant here and talk about another time and place.These days, sewing patterns are widely available. Almost any department store or even some discount stores carry sewing supplies and some even carry sewing machines. As this hobby grows, the .....
We take everything for granted in this day of mega-shopping complexes and the availability of millions of consumer items. But, in earlier times, it might be a year or several years just in the preparation to do a great heirloom knitting project. It is not inconceivable that it required years or decades even in gathering of materials, perfecting dyes and negotiating labor.
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We' ve seen great heirloom knitting in museums, cedar chests and recently on the public broadcasting Road Show' programming that looks at the old and antique in a favorable light. Imagine how many priceless heirlooms have gone to dust, lacking just a little basic care.
Inheritance
The idea of inheritance is a natural one. Somehow, we know that we belong to something greater than ourselves. The difficulty comes in trying to identify what that great thing is. Heirloom knitting has, and continues to be, an attempt to give the concept a practical shape - not to imprison the inheritance - rather to define that it exists and is worth pursuing.
It is a wonder that heirloom knitting was able to take a practical shape to accomplish this task. It is a tribute in itself to the human spirit - the thing in us worth inheriting!
If you get a chance to ask your grandparents about heirloom knitting, don' t miss the opportunity. You might be surprised what is in your own family history.
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As the days begin to shorten after the summer solstice, many of
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