tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post184683544925365720..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Breakfast Links: Week of August 15, 2016Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-23383172149629785472016-08-23T00:29:37.515-04:002016-08-23T00:29:37.515-04:00Isabella - Oh goodness, yes. When it is gobsmacki...Isabella - Oh goodness, yes. When it is gobsmacking-ly obvious what method is actually used to make something, and the writer seems to have just pulled a random name out of the air to describe it.... ARGH! Thank you - a burden shared, you know. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-43698943123009986942016-08-21T12:19:00.113-04:002016-08-21T12:19:00.113-04:00I wonder if the colors in the Worth dress in the F...I wonder if the colors in the Worth dress in the Fenollosa writeup have changed over time. The gold(ish) fabric seems to match some colors in the rest of the dress, but somehow it seems to me that things are slightly out of whack, especially between the gold and the red next to it.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-21151877995231887242016-08-21T07:46:47.700-04:002016-08-21T07:46:47.700-04:00Anonymous ~ YES!! As a long-time knitter myself, I...Anonymous ~ YES!! As a long-time knitter myself, I find that cavalier attitude towards handwork in general incredibly irritating. (In fact I almost didn't include the El Greco post in the Breakfast Links because that "knitting" reference bugged me so much - however, the art-history-nerd in me won out over the knitter.) Over and over in the press and in fashion items that are clearly crocheted will be described as knitted, or something knitted will be called macrame, or...well, it goes on and on, and it's just plain lazy. So yes, I share your pain. :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-52502243137588119362016-08-20T23:06:34.628-04:002016-08-20T23:06:34.628-04:00The ducky story was so sweet, I teared up.
The El...The ducky story was so sweet, I teared up.<br /><br />The El Greco portraits are beautiful, and I find the juxtaposition of the "tech-y" algorithm with handwork fun. As a knitter, I must admit to being rather perplexed that both the article and the artist are referring to the portraits as knit. It's clear from the description and photos, that although he is using a loom or knitting frame to work on, there are no loops pulled through one another in the finished work - which by definition, knitting must have. I realize that's probably beside the point for most people. But I find myself dismayed that there is so little knowledge, and often little respect for the different needle crafts among the public at large.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-61325170535969452242016-08-20T19:33:14.217-04:002016-08-20T19:33:14.217-04:00The two Mrs Fenollosas showed that divorce was alw...The two Mrs Fenollosas showed that divorce was always a risky business in the Victorian era, whether or not the husband and the second lady-love got away with it. Everyone would have felt terribly sorry for the "real" Mrs Fenollosa (Elizabeth) since she could neither ask for a divorce from her husband, nor could she stop him from getting one without her consent. <br /><br />Even a private woman could not have stopped the newspapers speculating :(Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com