At 12:02 AM -0400 8/13/05, Tamara P Duvall wrote: >On Aug 12, 2005, at 22:17, Martha Krieg wrote: > >>>My understanding has always been that they're one and the same - >>>with Viking being made for the European market, and Bernina for >>>the US one. > >>Not likely - Vikings are Swedish, Berninas are Italian. > >The Viking my Mother had (in the 60ties) was *Swiss*. As were the >first Berninas I'd seen in this country (in 1973). It's like threads >and their origin... Mettler, anyone? >
http://www.my-sewing-machine-4me.com/productpage/vikingsewingmachine.html Sewing machine history site - says Vikings are made in Sweden and have been manufactured since 1872. Maybe your brain (often similar to mine in other respects) has done what mine sometimes does - look at the Sw and mingle Sweden and Switzerland? honest, I know they are two different countries, have actually been in or through both of them, and have Swiss great-great-grandparents...but I still get muddled because of the way my brain files information, apparently by the first two letters only! -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
