When I was little, I was surprised when this crochet dress was sent to me from a distant Grandma I had only seen a few times. It was very scratchy and heavy, I wondered if she had made it for one of her other grand daughters who lived near her who refused to wear it! This is from the 1960's, made with barbed wire, sorry, early acrylic I think. Not something you would put a child in near an open fire.
My mother made a nylon slip to wear underneath it but that only served to make it turn static and make it more horrible than ever. Only a few years ago I got my revenge when I decided the memory was not one of the pleasant ones I wanted to keep from childhood and I threw it in the bin. I had offered it to a costume museum but they said they had a yellow crochet dress from that period already! This photo popped up during a clear out of my computer so I now inflict this dress from hell on my readers.
