Ben H at WordPress says “This week, share a photo of something that says “heritage” to you. It can be from your own family or culture — a library, a work of public art, a place of worship, an object passed down to you from previous generations.”
Mary Alta Kerr Hendricks my paternal grandmother. Farmersville, Illinois. She taught me to knit when I was four years old.
She knit the Afghan and made the quilt. She. Luke tat snd crochet, too. I held the quilt to the window so the light could show how beautifully it is pieced snd stitched.
My father Roy J. Hendricks is the boy standing on the left. Uncle Alan Hendricks is the baby on my grandmother’s lap. My grandfather is standing, Floyd Merle Hendricks.
I cherish all the sweaters and afghans my mother and grandmother made for us. Yes. They clearly say “heritage”!
Thanks Ilex.
Touching! You carry on the tradition.
Thanks Toni. I think today I needed a bumper sticker “I’d rather be knitting.”
I love all the old photos.
I felt fortunate to have the old photos as a link to those who came before.
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Lovely to have such keepsakes. I was at a quilt exhibition last week, quite unexpectedly. 🙂 🙂
Thanks Jo. Always good to see you.
You have quite a heritage Ruth E.
Thank you Sue.
A wonderful post, thank you for sharing your heritage!
It is lovely that you still have her quilt Ruth.
Yes. Thanks Colline
So beautiful, and such skill. As I grow older, I have increasing appreciation for hand-made items.
Oh Ruth, you made my day! I just love the heritage concept you came up with, but the shot of your paternal grandparent is wonderful!!!!!! I LOVE seeing old photos!!
Aww thank you Elizabeth
Better late then never! 🙂 I knew you would have a special entry for this theme!! And you do! The handmade items are gorgeous …. and the color blue of the wool is my idea of how lovely blue can be!! Your Grandmother teaching you to knit at 4 years …… did that ever “pay off!!!!” 🙂 Wonderful. Thanks for sharing…… LOVE
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