Vintage Homemaking

Time once was when it was commonplace regardless of class or status to learn to knit as a young girl. Not only for a leisure activity but also to clothe one’s family through the knitted articles themselves or by means of selling knit clothing.
Now before I go on let me assure you that not [...]

When I was very very small, my grandmother would make hankies featuring a little crocheted lady wearing a long skirt and a hat.
I didn’t know it but back then hankies were still popular and kleenex tissue was not the main way to clean your nose.
I guess the crocheted cloth hankies though lovely, grew out of [...]

Women of times past were a bit more handy with the hand and needle than women of the 20th century. This was as much necessity as the mark of a genteel lady. The lack of ready-made clothing and household goods made it a must for women to learn their way with a needle and [...]