[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-02 Thread Julie Tamura
Thank you all for your answers. You reinforced what I thought I knew/remembered...it's out of our period. I've saved your messages and will used when challenged again G Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-02 Thread Chris Laning
On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Julie Tamura wrote: Thank you all for your answers. You reinforced what I thought I knew/remembered...it's out of our period. I've saved your messages and will used when challenged again G It sounds to me as though several stories got confused together and

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-02 Thread Chiara Francesca
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Tamura Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600? Thank you all for your answers. You reinforced what I thought I knew/remembered...it's out of our period. I've

[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread Julie Tamura
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

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread Onaree Berard
On 9/1/08, Julie Tamura [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread Heather Rose Jones
On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Julie Tamura wrote: 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

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread Catrijn vanden Westhende
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Julie Tamura [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I also think they're related, but they are distinctly different

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread otsisto
I'm not sure if my email came through or not as my computer suddenly got mouse problems. What little I know, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatting What she may have been referring to is filet lace which use a shuttle of sorts to make the netting background. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet_lace

Re: [h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

2008-09-01 Thread Chiara Francesca
:[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