Dora's Crocheted Work

Dora loved to crochet. One day a granddaughter, Betty, was being babysat. Betty took her doll with her. Apparently, the doll did not have any clothes on, so Dora crocheted this little dress and bonnet for the doll, probably with scrap yarn that she had.

With the loop, this may be a hot pad? It is very cute.

Dora did a lot of crocheted edgings. I am not absolutely sure, but I think that she created this embroidered doily/dresser scarf:

Dora's Crafts

Dora Neuhauser Aeschliman always had some project going, at least in her later years when her children were no longer at home. She may have gotten the pattern for this hooked rug from a magazine, but she used her own colors. Yarn is used for bits of it; otherwise it is made from wool fabrics. The gray background is made from Enos's wedding suit!

This hooked rug is not quite as tightly done, and it has faded over the years. It also appears to be done in wool fabric and yarn. It looks as if she used yarn when she lacked a fabric of that color.

This rug is crocheted and is amazingly heavy. I think it is made from rayon fabrics. I wonder if the fabric was from her dresses.

Smaller crocheted items were easier to do. From its size this one looks like a mug mat, but it is more likely a small doily for some special spot.

(photos by J. Evan Kreider)