Daisy Corsage

Crocheted Chrysanthemum

I know this old photo looks a bit like macaroni and cheese, but use any search engine to look for images of "japanese chrysanthemum" and see the wide range of colors for inspiration.

Porky-Dot Pin Cushion

A cute piggy pin cushion made with size 5 pearl cotton. 

Filet Centerpiece

Worked with size 30 thread and a #13 hook, this measures 14 x 21 inches.
From Lily Design Book #51, 1950

Great Link to Many Motifs

This is in czechoslovakian. A huge selection of motifs, flowers and lacy patterns to crochet.

Hat tip to Ivy at the Celts Vintage Crochet Yahoo group for this link.

motifs, flowers,lacy patterns

Rose Garden Doily

This is a rumpled leaflet I found inside an old crochet book.

Crocheted Sunflower!

When I was about 9 and just learning to crochet, I made some terrible hotpads for my grandmother.  They looked good, but didn't offer protection. They were made with green rug yarn and on the other side I sewed some nice flowery cotton recycled from an old shirt. There was no filler so they didn't block the heat.
One day when I was visiting I asked if she was using the hot pads and she explained that they didn't work, but not to worry, she'd frogged them and made something else!  She had made a sunflower for her broom handle.  She used the green yarn to crochet a long tube with which slid over the broom handle and then topped it with a sunflower.  I remember it had green leaves on the handle and the flower was big and cheerful. But I don't remember if the flower was also crocheted or made of fabric.

But when I saw this cute sunflower pattern, I remembered the silly hotpads and her recycling.  I bet she decided to make the broom handle thing and thought, "Hmmm, if only I had some green yarn..." and her eyes lit on those lousy hotpads and the rest is kitchen kitsch history.
Done in thread, this would be a cute way to brighten a sweater or hat. Done in yarn and attached to a long green tube it would really dress up your broom!