I came across another occurrence of a crochet pattern being specifically called a Fascinator.     The first time, was a few months back in a...

The year was 1950, and the Spool Cotton Company issued a bright and colorful pattern booklet, making the grand step from the slightly earlie...

We all know that the old issues of The Workbasket are historical for their lousy pictures.   They were lousy way back then and they, of cour...

The year was 1946 and the Spool Cotton Company, in the form of their book No 230, announced they had 14 New Pineapple Designs.  See - ...

This booklet, Knitted and Crocheted designs, as featured at the Better Living Center at the New York World's Fair was a special edition ...

I received an email this morning from a  woman in Australia that has been looking for a specific mail order crochet pattern.   She'd bee...