Friday, February 04, 2005

Lace

On line books page has a whole set of links to lacemaking...

No, I don't make lace, except for crochet doilies. But like every other cultural thing, it is interesting how people do "ordinary" things and make beauty.

In a history of textiles, it was noted that the earlist textile were cords and net bags to carry things...which evolved into grass skirts, bands (i.e. belts) and then cloth.

And even the Neanderthals made jewelry...

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