Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques I think it's sad that the Turkish women you met, Linda, didn't seem to know how to do the handcrafts themselves. Didn't their mothers teach them or their grandmothers? That means that they sold you their precious heritage if they can't reproduce the pieces or pass it on to the next generation (that little girl who's so cute!). That's so sad.
I have to admit the only handcraft I learned from *my* mom was knitting at age 6 but since then I have taught myself almost every fibre technique there is. And I have taught my now-adult daughter, who continues to teach others -- as I do too every chance I get. None of them is going to get lost if I can help it! In the spinning class I'm currently conducting, one lady mentioned that she had heard from someone that spinning is a lost art. I replied that I've been doing it for 28 years and it may have been lost to some, but as long as there are a few who can still do it and can show others, then it's not lost at all. Pass it on! Hugs, Louisa Send private reply to Louisa Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
