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Take Care Of Yourself When Handling Old Patterns

Keep Check on Your Health. I love to crochet and all the OLD patten books/magazines excite me when I would find them at garage sales, then eBay! WOW! I am in heaven... They are musty, mildew, who knows what has crawled over, in and through them? Some of the books you don't even want to touch, but if you're like me, you can't keep your fingers off or out of them.

When I was done looking at them I had to wash my hands right away, wondering what had I really touched. What I did was to wet a wash cloth, put it in a bowl and, instead of licking my fingers to turn the pages, (like so many of us do) now I touch the wash cloth, then turn the pages.

Hope this has helped those who like all the old stuff out there. So let's take care of ourselves as we enjoy!

By moonbeam from WI

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