THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY
Maybe I have spent too much time with yarn, stuffing, small creations and crochet hooks lately, but I thought this was funny.I thought it was so funny I had to take a picture to share it with you here.
I was going through my crochet hooks, looking for a small size the other day. This involves checking an assortment of thirty odd hooks. I came across an 
alumunium hook that looked about the right size. This is what I saw when I looked for the size on the needle. When were crochet hooks TEN CENTS! ?
alumunium hook that looked about the right size. This is what I saw when I looked for the size on the needle. When were crochet hooks TEN CENTS! ?I have no way of knowing how old this little one is. My grandmother and my mother both crocheted and many of my hooks are from them. It was just a funny reminder of how much prices have gone up. Last week I needed a hook size that had disappeared and was forced to go to the closest store, which was a fabric store. I paid 3.49 for one hook. When I came across this 10 cent hook it made me wonder.....
Was plunking down a dime for a crochet hook as "easy" for the original owner as it was for me to purchase that last hook? Did they crumble about the high cost of materials? How many doilys, mittens, scarves and afghans came off that hook? Was this the crochet hook that my mother made her first doily with? The one I have and cherish. Or maybe my grandmother used it to make a pair of the countless slippers that she made for her children and grandchildren.
Like I said, maybe being so involved in crocheting lately has made me punchy but I thought it was funny, and now........it makes me appreciate a bygone time. While most of what I do does not keep people warm or serve as a daily "tool" I hope that what I create will be remembered after I am gone.
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