tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post8002816001050745156..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: Thread and AirLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-48031377425191970842007-11-05T13:17:00.000-08:002007-11-05T13:17:00.000-08:00As incredable as these peices are, what gives me a...As incredable as these peices are, what gives me an even bigger smile is YOUR amazement of them. I couldn't count the number of times I have been shown something on your blog that, left to my own devices, I would never have seen let alone marveled at. Now, I find myself watching for birds and scrutinizing details that have always been before me but 'hidden' in my "big picture" mentality. Thanks to you both for sharing your interest in our world.<BR/>~~Doublesaj~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-55821042365144626472007-11-03T13:40:00.000-07:002007-11-03T13:40:00.000-07:00The socio-economic aspects of these objects were o...The socio-economic aspects of these objects were of as much interest to me as their construction.<BR/><BR/>The person who wore these would literally be wearing their social status on their sleeve.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-1706480459997876942007-11-03T04:06:00.000-07:002007-11-03T04:06:00.000-07:00Absolutely stunning. Stunning in the visual sense ...Absolutely stunning. Stunning in the visual sense and stunning in the realization of hours/lives spent. Such irony, since that breathtaking piece of work is made to hold the tears of others...<BR/><BR/>LWUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939931545917434336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-82473134328496073992007-11-02T00:37:00.000-07:002007-11-02T00:37:00.000-07:00That's not one person, working on and off for fort...That's not one person, working on and off for forty years. That's an professional lace making team, working full time for forty years.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-2297244779737485032007-11-01T22:29:00.000-07:002007-11-01T22:29:00.000-07:00"That particular piece was known to have take fort..."That particular piece was known to have take forty years to complete." <BR/><BR/>Now that is patience I don't have! I can hardly wait to finish knitting a pair of mittens... I've never even bothered making a sweater for myself.<BR/><BR/>These are beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-22229437443925304372007-11-01T18:32:00.000-07:002007-11-01T18:32:00.000-07:00Gorgeous!! So glad you made it -- I didn't even th...Gorgeous!! So glad you made it -- I didn't even think to ask about the needle lace, that's amazing.BeanMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10381265261670157489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-31653366247360929752007-11-01T16:59:00.000-07:002007-11-01T16:59:00.000-07:00One of my friends and I visited this museum in Jun...One of my friends and I visited this museum in June. It was fantastic. In July, I went to Italy with my darling hubby and we visited Burano where they still make the beautiful hand made lace. It takes seven women to make one piece of lace because they use seven different stitches in Burano lace and each woman specilizes in just one stitch. It's a dying art because the young girls don't want to learn it. They also had a lace musuem at the shop where I bought a piece of lace and they had lace dating back to the 1500's. They even had an antique lace wedding gown. Really facinating!<BR/>redhatqueenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-65624568747642382232007-11-01T13:47:00.000-07:002007-11-01T13:47:00.000-07:00I was just thinking of old lacemakers today as I a...I was just thinking of old lacemakers today as I attempt to mend a torn scrim as best as I can... sigh. Lovely pictures, and god what misery that must have been... <BR/><BR/>-MelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-11966184708999846802007-11-01T13:14:00.000-07:002007-11-01T13:14:00.000-07:00Hey there- I was looking at all the photos and was...Hey there- I was looking at all the photos and was struck with a bit of Catholic Trivia at the same time. Saint Theresa's mother went blind from being a lacemaker in her late 20's I believe, and then starved to death. Then the father packed all his 5 daughters off to a convent so that they would get something to eat. Thats about all I remember from Catholic church camp and "the little flower's" family story, since it was art related and worth remembering. Lacemakers may have made beautiful things in the past, but I tend to believe their lives were often bitter.<BR/><BR/>AnnalisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-55642079004601584772007-11-01T08:49:00.000-07:002007-11-01T08:49:00.000-07:00ahhh, isn't that an awesome tour! the owner was wh...ahhh, isn't that an awesome tour! the owner was who gave us our tour a week or so ago.<BR/><BR/>i noticed you were fascinated with the same handkerchief that i was. you even posted a very similar photo to the one i led my blog post with *g*Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10544433509775586916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-49949714714928889642007-11-01T02:45:00.000-07:002007-11-01T02:45:00.000-07:00I zoomed in on the last one and you could even see...I zoomed in on the last one and you could even see the nose on the figure. Hard to believe the pride people took in getting the smallest detail right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com