Shirley Scheer’s seventh crocheted bedspread brings a holiday flavor to her Iola home.
Scheer, who finished the piece a few years ago, pulls it out of storage each Christmas season. She and husband Floyd brought it by the Register Monday to show off the ornate piece.
The 31-inch by 52-inch bedspread shows Santa and his pack filled with toys aboard his sleigh being pulled by a team of reindeer across the night sky.
Almost unnoticed at first glance is the single red dot on the lead reindeer’s snout. Yes, she confirms, it’s Rudolph.
Scheer declined to estimate how long it took to finish the quilt — “I don’t keep track of time” — but crocheting has been a pastime of hers since childhood.
Her mother, the late Geneva Sinclair, got her started as a youth.
“I was the only one of my sisters who showed an interest in it,” she said.
That interest soon became a passion, to the point she took her yarn and hooked needles on car trips to Emporia, Branson or other extended family trips.
She shows no signs of slowing down. In her home is one crocheted piece depicting the Last Supper. Another shows a copy of the Lord’s Prayer.
Scheer also has done several bedspreads, caps and other gifts for children, grandchildren and now great-grandchildren.
Scheer, who turns 82 in January, is uncertain how much longer she’ll keep up her crocheting, but not because of lack of interest.
Rather, she’s almost out of yarn.
A friend gave her a large spool a few years ago.
“I’ve almost gone through it,” she said with a chuckle. “I’m not sure what I’ll do then.”
Passion feeds Christmas craft
