Tuesday, September 6, 2011

oh dear, what a laundry load

I mentioned some time ago, to an elderly neighbour that I liked old linen and crochet, embroidered doilies etc when we were chatting outside the newsagents.  She is moving to assisted living soon and when she saw me down the street on Monday called me over to say she had a bag of all her old crochet on her porch for me.  Most had been in the linen cupboard, untouched for years, and is quite grubby and in need of a good soak, but there don't appear to be any real stains, just years of dust and dirt.  Nothing looks torn or damaged either.  I was just so thrilled.
It is mostly ecru crochet, and mostly doilies with a couple of table cloths and a few motifs not made into anything in particular.
The embroidery is all doilies, mostly small ones.

So I need a tub of Nappy San, and a free day, and some Sunshine, and I'll have a suitcase full of lovely linens and crochet.  She said if I didn't take them, they would just go out with all the other rubbish her nieces didn't want.  I had a quick look thru what they'd left, nothing at all really, they even took the sheets and blankets for pet rugs, but couldn't think of anything they could use these ''useless lacy things'' for.
Aren't I lucky?


11 comments:

  1. Lucky you! Hopefully they will come up a treat!

    E :)

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  2. You are lucky Lyndal, I don't think those "lacy things" could be in better hands.

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  3. Lucky you alright am still hoping someting lik ethis happens to me one day lol

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  4. lucky duck! I like to dye mine bright colours, they come up great.

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  5. Fantastic, what will use them for? I'm keen to make bunting if I ever come across enough of them.

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  6. Don't you love it when things like that happen! They look lovely and it sounds like they will come up a treat.xx.

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  7. Lucky you - know you'll find a good use for them.
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  8. Yes. lucky you indeed. Nice to think that they have ended up with someone who appreciates them all. cheers Wendy

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  9. What a kind neighbour, glad they've gone to a good home. Love the little blue birds xx
    Sophie

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  10. STUPID nieces, lucky you. And your neighbour is lucky too, that she has found somebody like you who appreciates the work she put into all those handmade items. Isn't Napisan miraculous?!

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