Yläluokilla olin suurtöisten kirjoneuleiden lisäksi hurahtanut pitsinvirkkuuseen, halusin tehdä kauniita lakanapitsejä. Mielessäni väikkyi vanhanaikainen kapiokirstu itsetehtyine sisältöineen, pitsilakanoineen, tyynyliinoineen ja nimikoituine pyyheliinoineen. Pellavaiset pyyheliinat nimikoin, mutta pitsinvirkkuuseen kapioiden teko sitten tyssäsi.Virkkasin niitä sormenpäät kipeinä, enkä siltikään saanut yhtä pientä ja tasaista jälkeä kuin isoäidiltä perityissä lakanoissa oli. Nykyään nostan aina hengessäni hattua tekijälle, kun näen vanhan pitsilakanan!
Ikävää muuten että nämä perinnepetivaatteet on lähestulkoon kadonneet pussilakanan tieltä. Kenellä niitä vielä on, muualla kuin mökillä? Onko kukaan hiljattain virkannut lakananpitsiäkään?
esiäitien ja allekirjoittaneen kädenjälkeä - mikä on kenenkin?
guess which is the lace I crocheted, and which are the ones made by my grandmothers!
I keep on thinking of thin needles and hooks. I haven't used either for a very long time.
When I was a teen-ager I was hooked on :) lace crochet. In late 70's duvet covers were taking over, but most every family still had flat sheets. I remember we had plenty - my mom's dowry and the ones passed down from grandmothers. The dowry was usually 12 sheets with lace inserts, the same amount plus a couple more for bottom sheets. You counted two pillow cases per bed, one with lace insert, one without, and doubled that amount. Then you crocheted lace for them, often two pieces for a nice sheet or pillow case, one for a regular. And let me add, the more complicated the better!
I had these romantic notions of a full dowry chest, and duly tried to crochet lace for a set of sheets and cases, but I couldn't manage such evenness and fineness. And my fingertips were chafed and hurting, so I gave up. I don't think I'd do it again, though. More's the pity, for they are simply lovely!
PS. Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting - review in NY Times
PS. Käykääpä vilkaisemassa näyttelyä nimeltä Radikaali pitsi ja vastarintaneulonta (Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting) - on siinä nimeä kerrakseen. (Nykissä tietenkin. Simpura kun ei pääse!)When I was a teen-ager I was hooked on :) lace crochet. In late 70's duvet covers were taking over, but most every family still had flat sheets. I remember we had plenty - my mom's dowry and the ones passed down from grandmothers. The dowry was usually 12 sheets with lace inserts, the same amount plus a couple more for bottom sheets. You counted two pillow cases per bed, one with lace insert, one without, and doubled that amount. Then you crocheted lace for them, often two pieces for a nice sheet or pillow case, one for a regular. And let me add, the more complicated the better!
I had these romantic notions of a full dowry chest, and duly tried to crochet lace for a set of sheets and cases, but I couldn't manage such evenness and fineness. And my fingertips were chafed and hurting, so I gave up. I don't think I'd do it again, though. More's the pity, for they are simply lovely!
PS. Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting - review in NY Times
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