Isn't this a beautiful pattern? It's from a 1986 copy of Woman's Day magazine. The designer is Dorothy Neldhart. She must have worked hard to make such a beautiful pattern. It must have been wonderful to create a pattern and have it featured on the cover of a major magazine. To have so many people have access to something she made.
Of course now we have the Internet. A pattern featured on someones site can get thousands of views.
There is one person on the Internet that went so far as to rename this pattern. As far as I can tell she saw the pattern in a magazine from Africa and didn't realize it was an old pattern from Woman's Day magazine. So she figure out the pattern and posted it with another name. Now if this is true and she didn't have a written pattern to go by and cracked the code as I think I remember her saying, then that shows she is a good crocheter, but I really think it is infinitely easier to see a finished piece and figure out the stitches than to take something completely from your imagination as the real designer did. The original designer did not have a picture or block to go by, all she had was an idea she came up with herself. I can imagine it took her many tries to finally have her finished piece come out the way she imagined it. I would think the woman who has borrowed this design should make it more prominant on her site that it is a Woman's Day pattern and name it correctly. These are just all my opinions. Give the original designer her due, even if she is no longer with us she still designed one of the most popular patterns in crochet.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Micah Matherin
Our grandson Micah Matherin Doherty, was born on Dec 17, 2011. He is a big boy. He is in the 50th percentile for weight and the 90th for height. At his second to last baby check up the doctor told Nicole they must have made a mistake when they measured him the last time because it was impossible for a baby to grow that fast! Well, the next time he was checked the doctor said it must have been right because of his current measurements. So he made some kind of record for growth. He may be bigger than his dad. I really think at 6'6" his dad is big enough, but Micah will be whatever Micah is going to be.
They are at a meeting for children with limb differences this weekend. I watched Vinny for them...never again, I hope.
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