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[futurejake]

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Re: Yes ...

[dialecticdreamer]

Excellent point. The language- and culture-shifting is fascinating, though. "Turkey work" came about because there was a hot new artificial dye that didn't bleed over everything it had ever touched, and now there are so few handwork hobbyists that most people struggle to differentiate between knitting and crocheting, putting the shades of distinction well past their comfort zones.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Excellent point. The language- and culture-shifting is fascinating, though. "Turkey work" came about because there was a hot new artificial dye that didn't bleed over everything it had ever touched, <<

And colorfast!

>> and now there are so few handwork hobbyists that most people struggle to differentiate between knitting and crocheting, putting the shades of distinction well past their comfort zones.<<

If I say blackwork, whitework, or redwork then nobody knows what I am talking about unless I am with a fibercraft nerd. I've owned whitework and redwork blouses. I have a blackwork rural scene hanging on my wall. I quite admire the forms. But in an age of computerized embroidery, people don't think about it anymore.

I was at the Lincoln fall fest and there was a lady doing silk-ribbon embroidery. Her favorite motifs were sheep and bees. She was making thumb-sized or bigger sheep entirely out of French knots. O.O Soooo much time.