Sharing some 'finds' from
Up Towne Shoppes
623 State Street
LaPorte, IN 46350
Of the numerous trips into
and out of LaPorte, I
always wanted to shop
at this store - which is
CLOSED on Tuesdays.
It was getting to be a joke,
I'd be in LaPorte - store
would be closed,
must be Tuesday!
Inbetween a few snow flurries,
I was on my way to
Pioneer Land Christmas Open House,
and made a planned stop at the
I enjoyed all the booths. And, I have to go back!
I found a RED plastic gauge (Made in England) for tatting picots.
Also, a blue bobbin (there was a big basket of blue and brown bobbins)
And, a small magazine with tatted butterfly pattern,
I found a big basket of
The Workbasket
magazines, in bundles.
Maybe next time, I'll sort thru
them for more patterns.
The Pioneer Land Christmas Open House
was nice --- very very cold, but nice!
I recognized that particular 1990 Workbasket magazine immediately! It happens that I tore out (and still have) those pages when I first saw the adorable butterflies by none other than Mary McCarthy, whose name was in so many different publications back then. (I believe she's a long-time member of the Shuttlebirds in Washington State!) Her butterfly is one of my 'standard' patterns to tat, which is rather apparent on my blog!
ReplyDeleteI tore out the pages so that I could put them in my "Favorite Patterns" book, but I would not tear pages out today, and cherish the few Workbaskets that I have. I would LOVE to find a collection of them! I always give the publishers credit for keeping tatting alive during the 'drought' years and gave 'new' tatting designers a big audience. Then there were all interesting knitting and crochet patterns.
I'm glad you finally got to the shop when it was open!