Dear Family Trails readers,
My great-grandmother, Nancy Antoinette Haynes Weaver, loved to crochet. I cannot imagine how she had time to crochet while she raised 10 children. Her last child was born in 1909. In reading about the history of crochet, I have learned that using white or natural colored threads became popular in the early 1900's. The crochet pieces that I have seen of "Grandmother Weaver's" are all in this type of thread, so that gives me a clue into when she might have begun crocheting as a hobby.
These pictures are 2 examples of her small projects…doilies for chairs, I imagine.
The one above is damaged and stained. Some of the threads are broken. I want to have them repaired…or restored. (There is a difference in this, and I need to learn more about both processes.)
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| Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wise Photography |
These pictures show a bed spread that Nancy Antoinette Haynes Weaver crocheted. This spread is very intricate, much more so than the doilies. There is a 6-point star-or flower-pattern repeated to complete a spread to cover a full-size bed. Each star point, or petal, has 6 crocheted knots that are made from several stitches to create a raised knot or "bubble." As in most needlework, the more intricate the stitch, the more time-consuming it becomes. This spread must have taken many, many hours for her to crochet, and if I have my family lore correct, this is only one of many that she made for family members.
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| Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wise Photography |
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| A very damaged photo of "Grandmother and Grandfather Weaver" with their first 3 children. |
"One day at a time….."
Love,
Mariellan
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