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[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.