Is It Just Me?
Is it just me or can everyone else on Pinterest tell the difference between pinners who were alive during the 1970s and those who weren't? I'm not being critical--there was a crafting optimism in the 1970s that was rather inspiring. Since I'm in Idaho and we're always a bit behind the times, it might have started in the 1960, but I wasn't alive then so I don't know. What I do remember from my childhood is that it was a time when one could add pom poms and fringe to any project with wild abandon. Color schemes were daring--often glaring--and pants were flaring. (Sorry, couldn't resist that one) If you could make it, you did it--damn the consequences or the "rules" of taste. Beer can crocheted hats , ponchos in earth tones made with acrylic petroleum-based Red Heart yarn, dogs crocheted around soap, dolls crocheted around toilet paper , and macramé plant hangers in front of every window. As anyone who remembers the 70's love affair wit...