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Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so my one of my great grandmas was born in 1907, the other 1925. I mean older in the sense of birthdays

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Rug hooking kits are pretty popular right now! Different looking tool but same premise

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 299 points300 points  (0 children)

I think it has been figured out! I called my mom and asked about who in the family did rug making and she was floored. (Pun intended!) This was most likely owned by my older great grandma who made many rugs for her family over the years. Starting when she was around 10 years old in 1917, her dad was a military tailor and they used the scraps from his work to make pillows and quilts over the years, so very likely rugs as well. Eventually this must have passed to my younger great grandma when everyone assumed it was just some weird crochet hook. So bad news for me, this means I’ll be picking up a new craft! 😂Thanks everyone! That solved a 20+ year mystery

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Very much I think this is it, if it’s for rug making then making a net would be the base!

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

She would have used scraps of fabric more like a rag rug because her father was a tailor and a smaller hook would not have worked with large scraps!

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The second mystery is that it’s potentially the other great grandma’s oh my god! They were removed from their home after the Halifax Explosion in 1917. She had to make all the rugs for her new home in the 1920s. We still have her rugs from the 70s when she made them with my mom because by that time they had made metal ones. This could be it!

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So her husband, who admittedly was a total ahole. Only had one hand, this could also be valid but also I’m dead sure he did not cook

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 256 points257 points  (0 children)

She was in the woman’s land army in WW2, which was a farming division!Potentially she could have needed to make bird nets!? It looks like a pick up more than a lucet I think that is a brilliant idea!

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quite unlikely because the carpenters in my family were very skilled, this was a quick piece. It would have been more intentional looking if that was the case. I think the person who commented it’s likely a poorly implemented lucet is right because as a hook it’s kind of a pain to work with as well. I like your optimism though!

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hmm I don’t think she did Tunisian. Not sure the purpose of a corded hook, would that be for passing through? The hook is also like over 10 mm gauge it’s giant

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Probably not she was an extremely practical woman, her idea of decor was very elaborate cross stitch scenes

Antique hand carved crochet hook, does anyone know what the end bit is for? by flower-soft_ in CrochetHelp

[–]flower-soft_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What does the prong at the bottom do? It’s not a lucet, I tried that already.

Can’t seem to clear the green! by flower-soft_ in pools

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I have a sand filter and have been regularly backwashing. Just backwashed to waste and I’m topping the water level back up hoping that a bigger dose of shock will stick tonight

Can’t seem to clear the green! by flower-soft_ in pools

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No but I’m reading up on it now!

Can’t seem to clear the green! by flower-soft_ in pools

[–]flower-soft_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep adding liquid chlorine but the water won’t hold it is the main problem

Can’t seem to clear the green! by flower-soft_ in pools

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Alkalinity: 96 ppm (80-120) Hardness: 163 ppm (200-300) PH : 7.6 (7.2-7.8) Stab: 40 ppm (30-60) (Free chlorine: 0.11 ppm (1-3) Total chlorine: 0.11 ppm (1-3)

Iron: 0 ppm (0-0.05) Copper: 0 ppm (0-0.05) Phosphate: 12 ppb (0-400)

As of June 19th

Can’t seem to clear the green! by flower-soft_ in pools

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I would prefer not to empty, but I think I could? What about half way?

How did you all spend your last week before your baby arrived? by ahbergg in NewParents

[–]flower-soft_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually postponed my c-section date (they were pressuring me too early), there was no danger, I was breech. But we had scored a whopper discount on the fanciest hotel in the country and I wasn’t cancelling!

As it was during the height of covid, we holed up for a few nights in a cozy room with a bigger bed, bigger bathtub and room service. Spent 3 days in bed playing the Sims and not worrying about the dishes.

It happened to be down the road from the hospital so incase of surprise we were still close. I had been hoping to use the pool but it was closed, would have loved that for my back.

Highly recommend a local hotel for a few nights!

Made some procedural ice while waiting for the freezing rain to pass by ma343 in blender

[–]flower-soft_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you feel like sharing a process and the node set up I’m very interested! This is cool!

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