The Lord's Prayer

THE LORD'S PRAYER AND MY MOM'S DOILIES

Years ago I watched my Mom crochet a steady stream
Of colored doilies with a frill, she could do them in her dreams.
She made them for each knick knack she had placed upon a shelf
They sat under each pretty, as done by a little elf.

They were pink and white or yellow or green
And the blue she used, the prettiest I've seen.
She sat at her table each evening with hook and thread.
Using no pattern, just copied the design from doilies she had.

Before she could teach me her simple skill she left this place.
I was on my own to figure out how to crochet with any grace.
To learn the crochet stitches, single, double and even treble,
I hovered over a book and encountered many a trouble.

In Heaven above she watched with glee as I hooked my thread.
Soon I learned the art and with a major project I forged ahead.
My kids helped me count with a chart we had made to keep track
Of spaces to keep open, some to fill, we went forth and back.

I finished the piece, folded it up in the closet it sat for years.
It became discolored from the shelf and it brought me to tears.
Finally I brought it out and miraculously the stain washed away.
Dean made a frame and I covered it with blue and pinned it up today.

I'll stitch it in place so it hangs pefectly and I'll take it to Calvary,
My church in Elk Rapids, it will hang on the wall for all to see.
I'll dedicate it to my Mom and also to my friend, Linda who died.
This piece of Our Lord's Prayer, a testament to the tears I've cried.

This is Pastor Dave putting screws in the wall and my husband,
Dean looking on. This is in September, 2008.

Up goes the hanging on the left wall of our church worship area. We put it on
the left side, at Al's request, for the reason that Linda was left handed.

This is Al, Linda's husband, with Pastor Dave and me.

Our job is done here.

My best guess is that I crocheted this piece in the winter of 1985-86, the pattern was from a little "WorkBasket Magazine". I knew only how to crochet a simple chain, but learned the stitches required for this, that is a single and double crochet....Mom would be so proud. The chart was difficult to follow, I seem to recall about 200 rows, in fact I have now found the original directions, there were 375 stitches to chain and there were 204 rows. My kids helped me with the pattern in this way: I would read the chart and recite "skip 3, block, block block, skip 4", and so on. They would write that down on notebook paper and then when I would sit to crochet, I would read what they had written and do the stitches required. I still have the notebook where this is all scribbled down.

I knew the piece had to be framed and at finish it measured a whopping 37 1/2" wide x 57" tall. Hubby made the wood frame, we covered it with royal blue duck cloth and I have almost finished tacking the crocheted piece to the cloth. It is tough to tack it down, I've had to use a circular needle and a needle-nosed pliers to pull the thread through the heavy duck cloth and the starched crochet piece. We will have a dedication plaque made and it will hang in our church in memory of my Mom and my friend, Linda Hamlin, who passed away last year, 2007.

The song is "The Lord's Prayer" by Johnny Mathis from his 1969 album, "Give Me Your Love For Christmas".

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