You know me,  I surf and zap on the waves of blogs and sites,
and ... suddenly I   'flash' on
an item ... like this one  ! 
Follow this link to get to the blog of Sarah London  . 

Why this picture attracted me so  ???  
Because I made a cushion like this,    so many years ago  !! 
o-) I'm feeling not so young anymore ... only just  for a minute, don't worry,

but then I remember how proud I was that
I could put a cushion of me in the seat of my father.
My mum didn't love it all, 
it was in a horrible blue and yellow ...
she found it kitshy,
and probably thought I would keep it in my own room ;-)
      but, knowing that she gave me that wool ....
So for several months the cushion was tolerated in the beige-brown-tan livingroom.

(what we all do for our kids ... you also recognize this compulsion  ?)

The more, I got the pattern from a book of hers !! It's this one from Phildar (I've got the french version)

Here's a close-up of the big cushion

&  this is  'How it's made'

In this magazine, they spend a whole part on different manners to work with hooked-grids : embroidering, weaving, hooking (crochet !!),...

And then I realize - once again - that all things are coming back, 
that 'history repeats for ever' ,
that  patterns are adapted from decade to decade,
that we just use some newer and fancier materials,
but that the essence is staying the same ....

And don't think that everything of this book is dated ! Not at all !

Look at these ... a lot of little pompons for a soft cushion,  which is  do-able for kids :
they can have a lot of fun making their one cushion !

But with this baby-blanket ...
oh NO :  I find it ugly ;-) 

Never will I  make it ! 
Even if pompons are so soft and appealing to hug ...

 On the other hand,   these  hooked ribbons are making a nicer summer curtain or insect screen than those in plastic .
This would be gorgeous in vivid colors !!! 
I still have so many wool left .... maybe this summer ?? 
If I only could find some more time for all these projects  !;?!,  but maybe one of you will make one ?? and send me a pic ??  

And what do you think of these little cute knittted  "Babe's" ???

Or some other farm - animals ...

 Of  course many other patterns and pictures are not so 'modern' ... in this book with knitted and hooked  "specimen".
You've got also pictures which are really looking from last century ...
But imagine it on your modern couch, in other colors, in new threads like bamboo or silk ...

Kind of Cat looks still same as in these days .....

If you're interested in more from this book, but only for own use - not commercial ! - you can always send me an e-mail (click on contact button left), and I'll scan it in for you ...

And because I've been searching in old books for this wobble cushion, I'll post some extracts from other OLD books and magazines in next days.
Some are hilarous ...
Some are interesting because of the history. Some ....

Have a nice day !