Contest Entry: 70s decor

[write-light.livejournal.com]

It's not really 70s decor without

MACRAMÉ!


10 lb Ball of Jute $12 with this ad OMG!

Comments

[meleth.livejournal.com]

I actually have most of my dad's old macrame stuff, including his pattern books.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

YES

What did people actually do with macrame besides make plant holders? Possibly all kinds of stuff but I can't think of any.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Well if you're Lu-Lu Fishpaw, you KILL with it. :D

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[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Now I'm sorry I never saw that...

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Odorama!

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

It is one of the greatest movies in modern cinematic history.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

This was EXACTLY what went through my mind when I saw this post.

[nerdycellist.livejournal.com]

Owls. With big wooden beads for eyes. I don't think I visited any house as a kid that didn't have a macrame owl on the wall.

[tudor-diva.livejournal.com]

I so wish that I had the owl my mother made. Macrame will make a comeback. Oh yes. Yes it will!

[misstia]

i have macrame pattern books, including owl ones, i believe....if you want me to look to see if there's an owl one (i was just in the box looking for x-stitch pattern books) let me know and i'd be happy to send you the owl pattern book if there is one (i'm 99% there is one!) .....

[tudor-diva.livejournal.com]

Yes, please!

[misstia]

okay i just went through the craft box....i have four macrame books that have owl patterns.....these are all from the 70s....i also have a plethora of other macrame books----plant hangers, one is even holding an AQUARIUM?!, macrame cat, pix frames, smaller rope for purses etc......but there's 4 with owls....one of the books with an owl is a holiday book with different things for holidays---macrame witch, rabbit, etc....it's a christmas owl ornament (5") in that booklet...the other 3 owls are bigger than that.....

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

Belts and jewelry. One of my aunts made me a very pretty choker necklace-I was sorry when I outgrew it.

[crossfire.livejournal.com]

Coasters.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

My dad has a giant macrame spiderweb on his office wall, complete with spider.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That actually sounds extremely cool.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

It really is.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

That font is SO 1970s

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

You are correct... I almost know what it is, too. I think Billboard shadow?

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

God help me... I just saw a plant in a real jute or hemp macrame hanger, and IT LOOKED GOOD in a Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon sort of way... I have truly become a west coaster. Gahhhhhh!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

A 10lb ball of jute for 12 bucks! Count me in! Uh, what the heck is jute? Is it like hemp or some special macrame twine or something?

I just can't look at the ad without thinking of that In Search Of... show that Leonard Nimoy hosted.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about the Leonard Nimoy show, too! I guess I missed the macrame episode.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

IN SEARCH OF MACRAME sounds like the title of an epic film.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Just think of how big a gunny sack you could knit with that ball of jute!