Ah, Macrame!
Who can forget those ropey little knot designs
that just seemed to find their way into everything? Macrame was like a multipurpose material of the day that could be used for making anything really. Check out the picture on the left-"disco macrame" LOL, gotta love it!
The picture on the right reminds me of my nursery school teachers from back then, two Scottish ladies.
But look at those wall hangings in the background, I remember my mother having stuff like that. It's like someone skinned Chewbacca and hung his hide on the wall! Of course there were the owls too, and the poodle dog face, we had all of those in various sizes. I can't imagine wearing macrame myself, it would make me feel like a plant hanger! But people made tops(like the disco girls), belts, purses and even shoes out of it just the same. Macrame wasn't just a past-time for little old ladies either, I can recall my teenaged sister making stuff with it in the late 70s, it was a craft for every age it seemed. I wonder if it will ever come back one day?
But look at those wall hangings in the background, I remember my mother having stuff like that. It's like someone skinned Chewbacca and hung his hide on the wall! Of course there were the owls too, and the poodle dog face, we had all of those in various sizes. I can't imagine wearing macrame myself, it would make me feel like a plant hanger! But people made tops(like the disco girls), belts, purses and even shoes out of it just the same. Macrame wasn't just a past-time for little old ladies either, I can recall my teenaged sister making stuff with it in the late 70s, it was a craft for every age it seemed. I wonder if it will ever come back one day?
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