Last weekend I went back, and it was still there - and still expensive. However, I spotted a cheap book (about a tenth of the shawl book) on the same shelf, a reprint of a crochet book from 1848. I bought them both, of course, divided the sum by two and pretended they cost the same.
True, it would have been easier to buy the shawl book at once, but I actually sort of enjoy this kind of justification game.
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| Not that I think I will ever try to crochet anything from the book (no
diagrams but written instructions only), but I just can't resist books with designs like this one. |
My grandmother who taught me how to knit would have turned 92 today, so I'm sending her some extra thoughts.
4 comments:
Ha ha. This reminds me of how in college, a friend of mine used to share a jumbo cookie with me rather than each get one regular cookie, because then we could just say that we only ate half a cookie for dessert (though usually we would use this as justification to share another cookie!).
The book is amazing from what I hear (it's sold out in the States so you can only get it through rare bookstores for waaaay more than I can pay). Seems to me a wonderful way to remember your grandmother.
I am glad you bought the books. I usually convince myself that I actually deserve them. Do you still see women wearing head coverings like that? Some Mennonites where I come from still wear a lace covering. I will toast your grandmother today and all grandmothers who passed on their skills to others.
Ron in Mexico
Ha sådanna omvandlingar i tanken är bra. Man är ju så lättlurad.
HAr aldrig hört talas om sjalboken förrut men nu ska jag börja spana. Kanske en gång....
Ha! Love that way of rationalizing. I will put it in my toolkit of excuses.
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