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Crocheting a rewarding hobby, daily activity
BY DAVID SCO.1I' — •
Expositor Editor
Crocheting has been a con-
stant companion for many
years to • Mary Robertson.
The Sbaforth resident learned
the craft in her teens from
family members.
"My mother started me to
crochet. Both of my grand-
mothers crocheted and some of
illy aunts," she said.
Robertson, who admits is "up
in my -eighties," keeps to her
handiwork even though she has
arthritis in both hands.
"1 Lind it helps with that."
She has created her own
designs over the years for
doilies and tablecloths. The
tools of her trade, a crochet
hook and endless rolls of size
30 crochet cotton, are conveni-
ently store(. inside the footstool
she uses while relaxing in her
chair and working on her daily
hobby.
Why a hobby that consumes
many so hours in a week?
"You have something to
show for your work. And I still
have more to - do," says
Robertson.
Her John St. apartment is
adorned with her creations.
Most of the projects she works
on are Christmas, birthday or
wedding gifts for family and
friends. One year she made 24
crocheted crafts that she gave
away,
She has 10 great-
grandchildren, six boys and
four girls. Even the boys enjoy
receiving her craft work.
"The oldest boy is in univer-
sity. He loves it (crocheted
gifts). He says: `that's for my
future home. "'
Robertson . has no plans to
turn her hobby into a business
though.
"It takes about 20 hours to
crochet a doily. What would I
charge? One dollar an hour?
You wouldn't want to pay 520
for a doily."
BUSY HANDS - (Above) Mary Robertson works away on
her favourite hobby - crocheting. (Below) She displays just a
few of the elaborate doilies she's made over the years.
"I still like to
do craft work.
It's a good
pastime. It's
wonderful."
Each doily is composed of
many smaller components, each
of which is delicately designed
by Robertson. Some contain 36
smaller parts which are then
joined together and a border is
added to the outside. Some-
times it takes up to two weeks
just to complete a single doily.
Although Robertson knows
how to knit, she prefers the
relaxing pace of a crochet hook
to the constant motion of knit-
ting needles. She also finds her
handiwork more forgiving.
"You can cover mistakes
easily," she said.
She crocheted a few
tablecloths in the 1980s and
'90s, one of which took eight
months to complete.
But her hobby is a daily
event. Robertson says she
crochets about three hours
every day, although not all in
one sitting. She enjoys relaxing
in front of the television while
working on a project. And
every night she plays cards
with friends, a pastime she
learned in public school.
"No wonder I don't have any
time for housework," she jokes.
"But," she adds, "I don't cro-
chet on Sundays."
"I still like to do craft work.
It's a good pastime. It's won-
derful."
GREGOR CAMPBELL PHUIO
PROUD TO THE CORE - Kindergarten students from St. James Roman Catholic School in Seaforth took a tour of the
Andreassi Orchards on Louisa Street in Seaforth last Thursday morning. At the end of their tour they got to do some
picking.
User fees going up
User fees in McKillop
Township are going to cost
more in future in McKillop
Township if rates approved at
last Tuesday's council meeting
are approved by I Iuron County.
The township and county
have been met before on this
issue and McKillop approved
new planning application fees
based on RX) per.cent of cost.
Zoning bylaw amendments
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are approved by Huron, com-
pared to 5675 before. Other
new rates are: $2,400 for of-
ficial plan amendments, S650
for minor variances and $600
for conscht.
Council authorized ddver-
tising for a part-time snow
plough equipment operator to
assist with snow removal this
coming winter.
Tile -drainage loan ap-
plications from two property
owners totalling $35,0(X) were
approved. McKillop Council
disapproves of a request from
the Ontario Goal Roads As-
sociation that its name be
changed to the Ontario
Municipal Transportation As-
soc istiQf
McKillop also passed a
bylaw prohibiting the removal
of recyclable materials from
the roadside by anyone other
than the Blucwater Recycling
Association, which docs so
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