Books on the history of knitting and old knitting techniques you should really have (I have some and wish I had the rest!)Richard Rutt: History of Handknitting Anne McDonald: No Idle Hands: The Social History of American KnittingMarie Hartley, Joan Ingilby: The Old Hand-Knitters of the DalesIrena Turnau: History of Knitting before Mass Production Sheila McGregor: Traditional KnittingNancy Bush: Folk Socks James Norbury:Traditional Knitting Patterns, from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Italy and Other European CountriesAlice Starmore: Aran KnittingThere are others, and I will be adding them to the list from time to time! posted by Mrs. Stone 5:54 AM . . .
Of Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos: Thread of a tale The fiber lies in her sure hand,the wheel whirls,clickity, clackity round and roundas she draws the thread out,that ancient magic,lets in wind up on the spool,repeat.Our ancestresses used to walk milesback and forth,spinning the wheel,pulling the threadsto clothe the naked backwhite linenand wooland cottonturn of the wheel by turn,round and round,forward and back.How potent this magic,of pulling coherent threadfrom a mass of fiber,so much like life,chosing a directionmaking it real,spinning it outfrom all the possiblities.Thus the fatesspin out our lifes,according to the ancients,turning the spindle,pulling the thread,cutting the length.Imagine!the shape of the universein a handful of wool.Copyright 2002 Susan E. Stone posted by Mrs. Stone 6:12 AM . . .
