In Egypt, in King Tut's tomb they found gloves. These gloves were as best as they can tell needle lace gloves.
There is a book I have here in the house somewhere (still unpacking the books) that once I find it I will see how much I can put on my site and see if it is in the Google books repository to link to for more information for you. There is still some discussion about what technique was used to make them. But as in all things there are more opinions than there are gloves as to how they were made. ♫ Chiara Francesca > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Julie Tamura > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600? > > Greetings > > I have always heard that tatting didn't come into use before the 1700s > and > so haven't been doing it for Tudor/Elizabethan. Yesterday I was told > by a > lady that needle tatting can be documented to quite early and she said > it's > mentioned several times in the Canterbury Tales. She also mentioned > that > it's related to making fishing nets. > > I'm wondering if any of you knowledgeable folks out there can help me. > I'm > having a problem with her data for a couple of reasons. > 1) If tatting shows up in the Canterbury Tales, I know word meanings > change > over hundreds of years. Do we know that tatting then is what we call > tatting? > 2) It's quite a reach from fishing nets to the tiny rings and picots > of > tatting. I believe they're related but I don't consider net making > proof of > tatting. > > Any help would be appreciated. > TIA > Julie > > _______________________________________________ > 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
