Hairpin Lace

A couple days ago I grabbed a couple bags off the shelf in the basement to see if there was anything inside that was worth hanging onto.  My sewing/quilting room here is much larger than my previous one, but I had three different areas in Texas to store crafty things I wasn't using... unfinished projects, etc. What I lack here is extra room for storage. I had seen this old vintage tapestry bag that I knew was not mine, and pretty sure it was not my mother's either.  Inside I found a project that I knew looked like a familiar crochet type project, but I could not remember what it was called.  I knew I had done the technique before... but it was likely close to 40 years ago.  I did a little poking around and was able to identify the technique, and a YouTube video to review how to do Hairpin Lace.

Hairpin Lace requires the use of a loom and a crochet hook and a basic knowledge of how to crochet.  It turns out that this project, bag and loom belonged to Ron's grandmother.  There probably is enough yarn in the bag to finish a baby afghan.  The yarn still seems to be in pretty good condition, but then it has been closed up in a tapestry bag for a very long time, so no real exposure to the elements.  There were probably 4 strips done and woven together.  The 5th strip was about half done and I really thought it would be worth finishing, so I went back to the video to help refresh my memory on how to get the strip done. It seems that lots of new variations have been created since I last did any Hairpin Lace, but it did not take long to finish the one strip that had been started on the loom using a basic stitch.  When I took it off the loom and wove it onto the others, it looked like a good option for a scarf for a little girl.  Not sure that our 6 year old grand-daughter will even want it, but I finished it as a scarf, complete with tassels.
The significance of the scarf... even though I am sure that was not the initial intent, is that it was started by our Grand-daughter's Great Great Grandmother.