On an international quilt mailing list that I belong to, for Jewish quilters, someone brought up filet crochet yesterday. Someone else sent an attachment with a photo of a challah cover she made with filet crochet. That prompted me to dig out my filet crochet challah cover that I made almost 30 years ago. We have several challah covers and sort of rotate using them.
Sometime during the year after we were married, we were visiting friends. I was very attracted to the challah cover that she was using and asked her about it. She said that her mother in law made several of them for the children and there's no pattern for it. After some begging, she allowed me to take it home to copy. I sat and charted the whole thing on graph paper. It is backed with a piece of brown fabric. I don't remember when the wine stains are from and I never tried to get them out. It's probably too late now, they're probably set from being in the drawer for so many years. If I would want to bleach it, I'd have to take off the backing. Too lazy.
(Still no quilting?!?!) (LOL!)
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Debbie
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Do you still have the pattern you drafted for the challah cover? I'd love to try it. I once copied an over 200 year old family heirloom challah cover for someone probably over 25 years ago. It was petit point cross-stich on satin or silk. Since then, I have seen several similar ones in museums in Israel. Shifra
ReplyDeleteSo so beautiful, Debbie! I LOVE filet crochet, although my hands have never been nimble enough to do it. I do have a piece or two that belonged to my grandmother, although she didn't do them.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to try washing it with one of the oxy powdered stuff...it is safe for most fabrics.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! Dare I ask if you still have the graph? I am not a fan of fillet, but for this I would be willing to try again.
ReplyDeleteGreat cover! I ought to take photos of the ones I made
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! And thanks for entering the giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful crochet. It has been years since I have filet crocheted but I think it was my favorite way to crochet because it looks so dainty. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCool! I once made a filet crochet matzah cover with "Ha Lachma" - http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/2436082941/
ReplyDeleteGreat challah cover! I have made a couple of filet covers, also.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, and such a good thing to have! You did a very even job of it too- I've always bee afraid to try filet crochet as so many of my wool work projects end up so woggledy!
ReplyDeleteBut I really admire other's projects!
Beautiful. Do you still have the pattern that you charted?
ReplyDeleteHope you're reading this, Shari. You are a no-reply blogger (no email address in your profile) so I can't reply to your comment directly. I don't have the pattern, but I found it online (never knew it was there) thanks to someone pointing it out on ravelry. Maybe you already saw it there, but I'll put the link here, too. http://www.craftyneedle.com/prod.itml/icOid/710
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