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Show Page ID North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, July 27, 1983 CmGlhefioGDg) IPi??Dtf(5bl By LYNDIA GRAHAM Ravisw Corrstpondant KAYSVILLE The image of a little old grandmother rocking and crocheting all day has been e shattered by an attractive woman who has taken an enjoyable hobby and turned it into a profitable career. Kay-svill- ' Susan Schelin, 981 E. 400 S., Kaysville, does a tremendous amount of crocheting but she is also a busy young mother with four children at home, ranging in age from 11 to 3. Her items are sold through several area shops on consignment in the Salt Lake Valley. She has as many as 400 different pieces of the lovely handmade lace items in the stores and also does a number of private orders each month. Strangely enough, Mrs. Schelin did not learn to crochet as a child or even in her early teens, but began while she was a student in college. She attended both Utah State University and still contribute to the family income, she said. Mrs. Schelin has organized her business so that she keeps a running inventory of her items at all times. She selected her 100 favorite patterns to use as a base and assigned each a number. Some of them are the same pattern, but because she works them up in different threads they are different sizes and textures. Not all of the stores she stocks carry all 100 patterns but all 100 are usually available. ' She gets her patterns from a , huge stock of' crocheting magazines and pattern books. Some are current books and some were given her by her r , can be made trom crocheting. Many people have items in their homes that can be turned into decorator items, according to Mrs. Schelin. Often women will begin to make a crocheted item and quit before they complete it but they could use it to accent a child's outfit or frame it in a small frame and hang it in their homes.1' Often old doilies, made by a favorite aunt or a grandmother, have been put away in a drawer because they werent usable or it wasn't known how to use them. Besides making pillows or framing them, Mrs. Schelin grandmother. Some of the patterns are obtained from friends who run across a particularly lovely piece or by people who bring a pattern to her for a special order. . While she is very nimble and quick, Mrs. Schelin does spend hours each week at her Brigham Young University many She makes items that work. elemenwhere she majored in as little as 30 to 45 minutes take dechild and education tary an individual motif and as velopment. She has worked as a for as several weeks. Most long a office in medical receptionist for her father in Idaho and as an doilies take from several hours to i wo days to complete. elementary school teacher. S ie doesnt starch her doilies It was her love and concern she packages them for before for her own children that led her sale but she steams them' so to a eventually crocheting career. As her children were they lay flat and look pretty. to born she decided that she did She said that she prefers not never she because them starch not want a job that would take her away from them during the knows what people will want them for and starch doesnt day.' work for some decorating I I While was in college items. to to have was it stupid thought Many people think crochet cram the weeks of final exams so I kept my studies up and items are iised only under didnt have to spend that week lamps on tables but the current she said. One of nostalgia trend has moved cramming, into decorating, clomy friends decided to teach me crochet how to crochet so I could do that thing, and household use. Mrs. Schelin said that motifs during the week before finals. can be used to decorate the Most people who crochet prefer to use yarns because they front of a dress or children's bib work up so much faster and are overalls. Lace edging can be added to easier to work with but Mrs for a personal touch or clothing Schelin learned on threads and threads are still the material to pillowcases, towels, sheets and other household items. She she prefers. She has made for her children from said that she once made more 17 yards of edging for a yarns but really enjoys the than items she makes from threads woman who used it to trim curtains. It can also be used on much more. curtain tiebacks and on shelf doilies She began to crochet and other items as gifts for her edges in a linen closet or to add beauty to the shelves of a hutch. friends or to meet special reDoilies are especially popular in still while college. quests Wherever she lived the news of when stitched to pillow tops of a contrasting color or framed for her talent spread fast. While living in Salt Lake to a wall hanging. Picture frames, lamp shades, keep me busy, she would crochet more than 20 items at a curtain pulls or hanky edges all time for ward bazaars. When she moved to Layton three years ago, her new friends and neighbors soon were asking her to make them a special pattern for gifts or their own use. She also continued to make a few things for herself and her family. Because of the contemporary styling of her home, Mrs. Schelin does not decorate with the crocheting she does but has several items that are favorites in her home. One of them is a tablecloth that normally covers her table except for casual family meals. The tablecloth is made of 2,000 motifs and is worked in a fine thread. I leave it on my table all the time because no matter whats happening in the rest of the house, it makes me feel good to be able to look at a beautiful table, it really brightens my day, she said. In her bedroom Mrs. Schelin has two pillows with her doilies on top. The doilies are made in a ( n sim)e IHIbby iusiifiiess feir Arflistf said that small motifs could be carefully snipped out of a larger item, especially if the larger piece is stained, damaged, or has holes in parts of it. She suggested that women who are just beginning to work with the finer threads choose a small item to begin with such as a motif. Many begin with a big project such as a tablecloth and get discouraged quickly and dont go back to it, she said. But with a little effort and a lot of patience, one can develop the talent as Mrs. Schelin has and not only find personal enjoyment but add beauty to their homes through the use of this traditional art form. HANDS of Susan Schelin work skillfully to complete project. ossam eneGflu egiDCGsaiEE IMS : STRIPES 4wai ejOBlFARS polyester " JOGGER CD by hundreds of pattern books, Susan enthusiastic about selecting her next crocheting SURROUNDED Schelin is jyffr pattern. dSS) C35 Q2HD O kV;x iiiil K su. WOODENHEMBROIDER 3 3 cs&ffo FOR 3 TENCILIN GflEOBE WICKIN Paints Brushei Stencils IMusli KYarri KNeedles How-to-Boo- H ki , TYirurmri. - omB very intricate pattern from threads nearly as fine as a sewing thread and will undoubtedly become treasured family heir- ea has made 75 ornaments for her flocked ChristShe also mas tree. Done in 15 colors of five patterns, they really accent the white tree. She also has crocheted Christmas stockings for all of her family. - Last spring she was 3H3 INCH looms. 33i ( a E QSPm i improvi ap- proached by some friends who wanted to open a gift shop with handcrafted items sold on consignment. And thus began her crocheting. One thing she likes best about doing her work at home is the fact that she is home. With the morality, drug and peer pressure problems that kids can face, I wanted to get open communication lines es- (BHEEGWSPtJ SREGIaIJS! profit-oriente- d JmrTurijuiTiL. GUE'AREIEDD tablished while they are she said. "Im always here to talk to and can crochet while we visit or when they come home from school with problems. But I can young, M VISITING with son Eric, Susan Schelin works on her crocheting projects it . L rxn.i rwmm'U K'AYS.VIBD DSOlNortl 5'46?6 |
