Warning, semi-downer post.

I frequently click on the eBay ads here on the right for vintage crochet work to admire the work. The magazines of the past often told the reader she would be creating an heirloom, cherished, priceless. I think I've read that in recent issues, too. And there the heirlooms are, not cherished, for sale on eBay, and for third world prices.

I feel a little bummed. Am I angry at the lying magazines or at the eBay sales that prove the lie? Maybe the patterns should be pushed for the beautiful objects they create and for the pleasure we get in creating them, but don't tell us our grandchildren will treasure them. Very few will. Instead, they will just add to the glut on eBay.