A couple of months ago I spotted The Haapsalu Shawl in a bookstore, but thought it was too expensive to buy at once. And expensive enough to remain on the shelf waiting for me for another few months!
Last weekend I went back, and it was still there - and still expensive. However, I spotted a cheap book (about a tenth of the shawl book) on the same shelf, namely a reprint of a crochet book from 1848. I bought them both, of course, divided the sum by two and pretended they cost the same.
True, it would have been easier to buy the shawl book at once, but I actually sort of enjoy this kind of justification game.
My grandmother who taught me how to knit would have turned 92 today, so I'm sending her some extra thoughts.
Last weekend I went back, and it was still there - and still expensive. However, I spotted a cheap book (about a tenth of the shawl book) on the same shelf, namely a reprint of a crochet book from 1848. I bought them both, of course, divided the sum by two and pretended they cost the same.
True, it would have been easier to buy the shawl book at once, but I actually sort of enjoy this kind of justification game.
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| Not that I think I will ever try to crochet anything from the book (no diagrams but written instructions only), but I just can't resist books with designs like this one. |
My grandmother who taught me how to knit would have turned 92 today, so I'm sending her some extra thoughts.