{Humble Beginnings - Our 1987 PC}

For sure all of us are living with a personal PC, Laptop, Notebook, Tablet, Smartphone or whatever...

When did we all start using this? For us the very first PC we had in 1987 at our office in the previous home in Dublin, Georgia. Humble beginnings...

This was before Internet was even available!
Can we imagine life without?

What a difference from now...!

In our previous home there was carpet all over when it was newly build.
That we can do without, now we only have tiles and solid oak plank floors.

Under the crocheted doily with roses is my humble word processor...
What a change we all have lived through!

Loved those wicker baskets in which my imported papier mâché from Kashmir, India got shipped.
Very nice way of wrapping things for export!
Here the solid oak indoor shutters have not even been stained yet...
Now we got them all painted white in our present home.
Those filet lace embroidered window decorations are hand made by me.
Do you have some PC dinosaur photos as well?

Related link:

{Our Smaller Office} | previous post showing our present office.

{Can't get into ANY Blog nor Comment!}

Is there anyone else having the same problem with Blogger? I cannot see my own blog nor any other blog... NOT visit anybody NOR comment! Would like to get feedback from other bloggers on this. Funny enough, I can get into 'the back door' for editing but that's it! Uploading photos works only on Google Chrome. 

Today, Thursday the 20th I had again the very same problem. When I did unplug the power of my modem and restart, also rebooting my PC, it worked again! Make sure to keep the URL of your Blog's design page handy because at all times that did work. So you still can edit, post, upload photos or publish comments that is.

{Mom's Hand Knitted Bedspread as Window Display}

Before my Mom came to visit us for the very first time here in the USA, she had the honor of having her Hand Knitted Bedspread as Window Display at 't Schippertje. Of course this was the shop where she had bought all the knitting yarn. I've always loved that leaf pattern, as a matter of fact, I do have two favorite sweaters with leaves. See links below this post...

Here Mom stands proudly in front of the shop's window where her hand knitted bedspread is being displayed.

Funny to look at this photo as at present, I am the same age as Mom was here in mid April of 1987...
Only weeks before Mom with Dad would fly back with us to Georgia/USA.

Not that long ago, Mom decided to start using this bedspread again...

Here it is on their queen size bed and I made this photo on February 21, before going to see Mom again during her dialysis in The Netherlands.
Strange for being for a brief moment on the other side of the ocean... seeing the photos they keep from me in their bedroom (to the right hanging and small one standing below, next to the one from Mom).

Four days later, the big ocean would once more be in–between my Parents and me.

This is such a lovely design!
A better view of those knitted squares with leaf pattern in the center.

Don't you also love this leaf pattern with ajour edges?

Mom for sure is smiling down from heaven, with so many views of her fabulous knitting!

Views on my Pinterest page (just click it)
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Click on photo to enlarge...
Here follows an English version:

Size: 130 X 240 CM.

MATERIAL needed: Synthetic wool 2700 gr of natural colour; 5 double-pointed knitting needles 3mm

SQUARE PATTERN: follow the chart

The work is done in rounds on 4 needles. We show you in the chart a quarter of a square; each pattern must therefore be repeated 4 times in each round.

Cast on 8 stitches, placing 2 stitches on each of the 4 needles.

Follow the chart for the odd numbered rounds.

Knit every even-numbered round, (2^nd, 4^th, 6^th etc.) working the 1^st stitch of each repeat in twisted knit stitch.

Work rounds 1-48, then purl 2 rounds. Cast off.

Knit 45 squares in total.

TRIANGLES: Cast on 7 stitches. Work back and forth across the rows. Work the odd-numbered rows from the chart, beginning each row with an edge stitch, then working the pattern 2 times and ending with a knit stitch and an edge stitch. Purl the even-numbered rows, working twisted purl stitch into the twisted knit stitches.

Knit 22 triangles in total.

EDGING: Cast on 9 stitches. Round 1: Knit 1, * increase 1, Knit 2 together in twisted knit stitch, repeat from * 3 times.

Round 2 and all even-numbered rounds: Knit 1, increase 1, knit to end.

Round 3: Knit 2, then repat from * as in round 1. Continue thus until there are 16 stitches.

Next even round: Work as for round 2.

Next odd round: Cast off 7 stitches, knit to end. Continue to repeat from round 1 until the work measures 7.5 m. Cast off.

FINISHING: Pin out the squares and triangles, cover with a damp cloth, press lightly and leave to dry.

Join together on wrong side with backstitch. Begin at lower edge by sewing 3 squares in-between 4 triangles, then add 4 and 3 squares alternately to end. Sew 4 triangles at the other end and 7 triangles along each side. When all squares and triangles have been joined together, sew on the border neatly.

Related link:
Italian Crochet Terms and U.S. Crochet Terms | translation for being able to understand the above pattern.
{ME, Turning 20 on December 3!} | previous post with my knitted leaf pattern sweater.

Mom is Being Posthumously Honored for her Knitting | later post 

Ancient Grey Stuart Tartan fabric from Chester UK | later post showing the hand knitted leaf pattern