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csziggy

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12. Not the best picture but it's what I have

Reply to 2banon (Reply #10)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 04:30 AM

Nov 2013

The edging is wider than I remembered and the crochet pattern is very similar to the piece in the Etsy link above. The period is correct for when my grandmother was first married and would have been doing this kind of work.

This at least gives you an idea of how to use less crochet for a big effect.

Sorry about the poor quality - my husband was taking general shots of the rooms in my parents' house and was not getting specific items. I zoomed in on one of the beds and cropped the picture to make it web size.

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Has anyone here ever crocheted a queen size bed spread? [View all] hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

I once did a king-sized, granny square one. sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #1

How did it hold shape over time? What weight yarn did you use? hedgehog Oct 2013 #2

I still have it and I made it in 1975. I used synthetic worsted weight yarn. sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #3

That sounds KC Oct 2013 #5

For a project like this, a bulky yarn in stripes SheilaT Oct 2013 #4

My grandmother did two twin size spreads csziggy Oct 2013 #6

Were they granny squares? Please explain "inset" .. 2banon Nov 2013 #8

No they were strips of crochet set into sheet weight cloth csziggy Nov 2013 #9

thank you! Very Cool.... 2banon Nov 2013 #10

On my grandmother's they were sewn csziggy Nov 2013 #11

Thank You for all your time and labor 2banon Nov 2013 #13

Seaming... pipi_k Nov 2013 #14

I didn't know there were "seaming" pins.. 2banon Nov 2013 #15

Always pipi_k Nov 2013 #16

I'm Bookmarking this instruction you've made. 2banon Nov 2013 #18

Not the best picture but it's what I have csziggy Nov 2013 #12

Granny squares pipi_k Oct 2013 #7

I made a basket-weave crocheted afghan once that doubled as a bedspread that looked like these pics. pengillian101 Nov 2013 #17

My ex just finished one. Kaleva Jan 2014 #19