Comments on: Weird Kid, Green Room, Crochet and a Glory Box

By: Veronica Smith

Veronica Smith — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:39:46 +0000

Carol – It is great to see that other children have one. I hope you and your daughter have as much fun putting it together as my daughter and i are. Teach her to crochet! I am thinking she needs to sit still first………

By: carol

carol — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:41:43 +0000

i had a hope chest when i was 15, many years ago.. and my now 18-year-old daughter wants one… i enjoyed your tale and it reminds me that the same daughter wants her room re-done, also with very definite ideas and colors! Welcome to the world of assertive women! Good for you!
P.S: teach that child to crochet her own linens!! LOL

By: Sandy L

Sandy L — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:40:28 +0000

i quite understand about the green, i share a room with my two younger sisters, and one of them convinced us and my dad to paint one wall bright green, luckily most of the wall is covered by the bed with the built in shelves.i am glad that your daughter wants crochet in her room, i am 17 and always have some sort of knitting, crochet, or needlework in my hands.

By: Etta

Etta — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:19:09 +0000

So nice to see that some old traditions will survive. I always think of my mom when I crochet. It is a very comforting thing. Wish I had a daughter to teach.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:47:43 +0000

And two wonderful traditions live on through another generation. That is awesome, heartening news!

By: Merry

Merry — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:50:36 +0000

Interesting to note that people across the world are not so different from each other in some things! It is a deeply-entrenched tradition in some parts of Asia (including many Turkic-speaking countries) for young girls to make decorative hand-crafted items to put into their ‘wedding chest’, including embroidered bedspreads, pillow shams, crochet doilies and other traditional items.

By: Bethintx1

Bethintx1 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:46:25 +0000

I love this story! The version I grew up with was called a hope chest.

By: Emilie

Emilie — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:36:38 +0000

What a fun story; and hats off to you for raising your daughter with such strong values.

By: Donna Parcel

Donna Parcel — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:55:27 +0000

When I was younger (Now in my 70′s) the box you call ‘Glory Box” was a chest usually about 3-5 feet long and 24 to 36 inches tall and deep and it was called a ‘Hope Chest’ most teenaged girls would get presents intended to be used for their own homes later and put them in the ‘Hope Chest’ along with things they made for their future homes.

My grandchildren almowst always prefer crocheted or knitted items for gifts–15 grandkids keeps my needles busy.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:58:15 +0000

I think it’s great that she is taking an interest in all of this and that she appreciates crochet (esp yours). Here we call the “glory box” a “hope chest”. I think it is AWESOME that she wants her
dad to make it and that she wants crochet from you to go in it. I had Mama’s and when I learned that my daughter had asked for one from her hubby for Christmas one year, I asked if she would
like her grandmother’s instead. She jumped at the chance to get it. Even though she was already married, she keeps some of her treasured things there………..things that were grands and great-grands and a few special things from her mom.