On 11/1/05, Lloyd Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone point me in the way of needlework history of the development > of crochet? Warren and Pullan indicate that it was used in ancient times by > shepherds as a means of converting sheared wool into garments. Other > references I have turned up give notice to tambour work, guipuire Maltese > laces and such. Is there any direct documented use of this form of lace > making in the 18th C? In any case, it seems to relate to more primitive and > coarse lace work. > Comments?
I'm afraid those sources aren't the best. Where they got their information doesn't hold up. However, see attachments 1, AN INTRODUCTION TO LACE by Gabrielle Pond. Scribner's, NY, 1973. p.40-41. attachment 2, LEGACY OF LACE ny Kathleen Warnick and Shirley Nilsson. Drown, NY, 1989. p.12. and thousands of "hooks and crochets" listed in the inventory of the belongings of Queen Mary I of England when returning to the court of her father, King Henry VIII. CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS, RELATING TO ENGLISH AFFAIRS Existing in Archives and Collections of Venice, edited bhy Rawdon Brown and Allen B. Hinds. Vol. 38. Longman & C,m Kibdibm 1864-1947. p.92 Aspasia Moonwind
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