Re: [h-cost] Anyone familiar with these books on 15th-century braiding?

2010-01-28 Thread Ginni Morgan
I purchased Tak v bowes departed last year and am trying to work my way through the patterns. The explanations are very good and the patterns are easy to follow, although many of them require two people to handle all the loops. Several of the patterns are quite easy to make. I've spent the

[h-cost] Shakespeare Santa Cruz Hiring

2010-01-28 Thread Lynn Downward
My daughter, who works at University of California, Santa Cruz, asked me to forward this information to anyone on the list who might be interested in working at Shakespeare Santa Cruz. If this is not a good use of the list, I apologize. LynnD Shakespeare Santa Cruz is hiring for several

Re: [h-cost] Danish textiles from h-costume Digest, Vol 9, Issue 35

2010-01-28 Thread Debra Brightwell
Thank you for the links and translation! This is where I bemoan the fact that my great-grandfather did not pass down his fluent Danish. I didn't find out that he spoke Danish until summer at a family reunion. I thought that none of the children learned it as they were all born in the US but it