Using social networks to re-create historic craft
source: http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/queen-susan-shawl.html
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I saw this blog this morning, and it totally blew me away. Social networking often gets a bad rap for being the realm of narcissists and useless information, but this is a great example of what can be done.
A group of knitters on the site Ravelry have re-created the pattern for a lace shawl that was knitted before the turn of the last century based only on a photograph. For non-knitters--Shetland lace is incredibly complicated, and often patterns would be passed along between families and friends and not written down. The fact that this has been re-created is pretty astonishing--and they're planning on making the pattern available to the public free of charge.
http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/queen-susan-shawl.html
A group of knitters on the site Ravelry have re-created the pattern for a lace shawl that was knitted before the turn of the last century based only on a photograph. For non-knitters--Shetland lace is incredibly complicated, and often patterns would be passed along between families and friends and not written down. The fact that this has been re-created is pretty astonishing--and they're planning on making the pattern available to the public free of charge.
http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/queen-susan-shawl.html
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nursediesel
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That's cool!
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