Throwback Thursday: Golden Hands and Sunset

Hey Blog Buddies,
Thought I'd do a Throwback Thursday this week, not with adorable toddler or awkward teenagers photos, but with some of my favorite stitchy stuff from back in the day.

How many of you remember Golden Hands?  They were crafting pamphlets available for purchase in grocery stores (and probably craft stores, too).  They came out weekly in the early 1970's.  You could buy a vinyl-covered binder...

...to keep all the pamphlets in order.  The pages were numbered consecutively like a book.  There were instructions in all kinds of topics:

 Sewing!

Cross stitch!

Knitting!

Crochet!

Needlepoint!

Embroidery on Netting!
(This one I haven't tried.)

Smocking!

Tatting!
(Haven't tried this, either.)

Macrame!

(Yes, I dabbled in that back in the 70's)

There was literally something for everyone

in these wonderful periodicals.

My store stopped carrying the installments rather abruptly,

so I was not able to collect the entire set.

I believe there were supposed to be five books in all--

I have three.

One of the reasons that I've kept these books all these years is this...

Blackwork!

I still love those fish--they'd look great in my downstairs bathroom.

The article doesn't contain any chart, just the photo.
But it really shouldn't be that difficult to do.

Maybe someday...

I'll leave you with a Sunset kit.

Sunset made kits, sold at US craft stores like Lee Wards,

that could be made up into small (5"x5") cross stitch

or needlepoint pictures or pillows.

They were wonderful learning tools.

Here's one of the first needlepoint projects I stitched:

Great variety of stitches, and I still like the design!

This is circa the early to mid-70's, I believe.

Hope you enjoyed this blast from the past.

Thanks for visiting!