You don't have to own books to value them. If someone on a limited income would rather spend their dollars on fabric and sewing machines, they can use the public library to access the books.
Cactus --- On Sun, 4/27/08, Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] How Many Costume Books/Magazines/Photos Do You Own > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 2:06 PM > It's not "depressing" that you are in the SCA, > it's "depressing" that > other groups do not seem to value books nearly as much. > > Fran > > monica spence wrote: > > Hi Fran-- > > Why is it "depressing" that many of us are > in the SCA? > > > > In order to participate in the SCA, a person has to > wear a "reasonable > > attempt" at pre-17th C. clothing. A lot of us > find there is challenge and > > fun in going beyond the minimum. I think that it is > great that so many go > > the extra mile for their hobby. > > > > Monica Spence > > > > In Society known as: > > Baroness Catriona MacDuff > > OL,OP,CM,CSC,KoE,QoC,PA,PA,AoA,OSF,OSS > > East Kingdom > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Lavolta Press > > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 3:33 PM > > To: Historical Costume > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] How Many Costume > Books/Magazines/Photos Do You Own > > > > > > What I find both interesting and depressing in this > discussion is that > > (a) judging from the books discussed, almost all the > people who collect > > and spend much money on costume books are in the SCA > and (b) a lot of > > people would rather spend money on fabric and sewing > machines. > > > > Fran > > Lavolta Press Books on Costuming > > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
