There are many patterns for oyas in crochet in The Batsford Book of Crochet by Ann Stearns (pages 144 - 155)
Some are beaded; others are not. An extract on p 144 reads " Personal lace consists largely of the very fine narrow laces used for trimmings, either as a braid or a more decorative edging. The lace is seen as a decoration on such articles as sashes, scarges, large handkerchieves... head squares. The young girls prepare their dowry by making lace for these articles, and it is known by the name oya. For example,each girl may prepare as many as 25 head squares displaying very beautiful and different oyas. ... The very best technique used for making oyas is the needlemade technique and only the more able needlewoman could produce the best quality oya." Barbara Ballantyne in sunny Sydney, Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [lace] TURKISH LACEWORK OYA CATALOG 2 VOLS FIGURES on ebay > Hi Jean, > I think that Oya is the term used for the Armenian knotted lace. (ie) > .needlelace), but I can't lay my hands on the book to check at the > moment. Looking at some of the sellers other items however, they have a > scarf with what appears to be crochet and beads round the edge, It > seems to be just the same as the one I bought in the turkish part of > Famagusta, Cyprus 35 years ago. It is on muslin cloth, large headscarf > size, edged with crochet and decorated with seed beads, which had > obviously threaded on before the crochet was started. I did not know > anything about Armenian lace then so I did not look for any examples. > Jean in Cleveland U.K., trying to stay cool and fighting with a cross > stitch picture which has gone rather wrong! > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 09:20 AM, Jean Nathan wrote: > > > This is a bit different: > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ > > eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3542965907&category=463 > > 50 > > > > or search for item number 3542965907 > > > > Would have thought the appeal is a bit specialised. > > > > Jean in Poole > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
