On Monday 29 May 2006 11:39 am, you wrote: > I just wasn't interested in it (crochet) until I thought of it as a means > to an end (the Mrs. Weasley cardigan). It still seems...limited.
I agree. I've never been interested in it because (1) most of the things I've seen made in that technique look ugly to me, and (2) it's primarily a Victorian technique, and I'm not really that interested in Victorian costume. > Afghans, > potholders, stiff ugly vests, nasty looking lace (okay...sue's weasel > words..."filet crochet is not to my personal taste). I do like the more > delicate-looking crocheted laces and edgings, but when I was growing up > (60's and 70's) the crochet I saw was clunky and chunky and stiff. Ah, I see you agree with me, then. :-) > Had > tried to learn to knit a few times, I knew how to knit as a kid, but at the time was not really interested in keeping the skill up, and it's not really a period technique for the Dark Ages costumes I'm interested in doing now. (That's why I've taken up nalbinding).... -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
