Daughter's 70's poncho

Hi Rusty,

Clever you to save them and now DD#2 is wearing it. How true, what goes round comes round.

Hugs,

Nora

How wonderful Rusty !!! the find , the joy she had and that it still fits ,,,, i always claimed we all should huge closets , hang things in it by years , close it for 20 years and Voila ,, renew our meetings with it after 20 years ..... mirjam

I have clothes that have been in and out of style three or four times now. :-)

=Tamar

Lucky you Tamar !!! but of course there is always a small change ,,, In fact we are now less Stricy about fashion , than we used to be , most people regard fashion now more like an Opption , not a rule .... when were were younger , it was a RULE ... mirjam

Recently I was discussing with my mom about the potholder vests she used to make us. Does anyone remember wearing those. She was such a quick crocheter that she would make one in a day for us.

She also made us ponchos. I can remember one in my school colors that I was very proud to wear. No one had one like it! I wish I still had it.

Di

Hi Diane,

No, I don't recall the potholder vests, was it granny squares?

Hugs,

Nora

Yes, exactly. There were two very large granny squares, one for the front and one for the back. These were connected by shoulder straps and a small decorative edging all around. Oh, I forgot, they were also connected on the sides. I am sure you can imagine it. Very colorful too.

Very in style back in the day!

Diane,

In that same bag of clothes where the ponchos were, there were two of those 'potholder' vests that I had made for the girls along with the ponchos. They are exactly what you describe - I didn't know they were called that. There was also a vest I made for one of them, green, white and black stripes - it wouldn't fit either of them now.

Also there was a heavy knitted cardigan sweater, maybe it would be called a 'sweater coat', with a huge neck, and a belt to match - that was mine, but it's way too small for me now. It was white with a border which I think was called Keyhole Design.

It's funny - the things that don't fit anybody now - I still can't bear to part with them. They bring back some special memories of when my kids were young.

Rusty in CT and Dusty the Dog

"Some things I can't remember, but some things I can't forget."

That's really neat, Rusty! :o)

I've held on to my first pair of jeans, hoping that someday my body will come back to the size it once was. Yeah.... I doubt *that* will happen! LOL

Gemini

I remember those!(LOL)

My Mom made them for just about every girl in our neighborhood!(LOL)

Ok, in that case I'll whip out the shawls that my grandmother crocheted for herself and start using them. Every time I wrap myself in them I feel her love.

I remember the ponchos my mom made for me and my sisters. One of them was sewn-made out of this icky fabric that was backed with this ickier knit stuff- the kind that whenever you touched it your fingernails snagged on it. The crocheted ponhos were really cool though. Mom used different colors of yarn for each of us. And she put a long fringe round all of them. Wonder whatever happened to them? I saw a really cute poncho pattern in a magazine recently for a childs poncho. It was made up of 4 large granny squares- each round was a different color. Two big granny squares were used to make each rectangle, then the rectangles were sewn into the poncho shape. The fringe was done with all the colors of yarn used, too cute! Marie and the cats

Although it was not knitted or crocheted, I saw a woman yesterday wearing an off-white poncho made from blanket-cloth. I complimented her on it and said that it looked very toasty warm, she told me it really *was* very warm. :o)

I really do *have* to make myself one of those this time around.... I never had a poncho when they were in style in the 70's and don't know why I didn't... I even knew how to knit then... but then again, most of the ponchos I saw in the 70's were crocheted and I didn't know how to do that then.

Gemini

That sounds easy enough.

Katherine