On Apr 5, 2005, at 11:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote:
[...] why is it called International *Old* Lacers?
Nobody really knows, but when a poll had been run a few years ago whether to change the name, the majority's answer - suprisingly - was "no"; it's another illogical tradition that refuses to bite the dust :)
I cope with it by never using the full title, only the initials (IOLI), which I then treat as a word, and use the Polish pronounciation of the "i" - as "eeolee", it's actually quite pleasant (reminiscent or "Aeolian"), so I can live with it (especially since I have to <g>)
But deep inside, I've often thought the name must refer to that old Polish song about the old woman who sewed a sack... She sewed it on Monday and Tuesday, and quicly ripped all Wednesday, because the seam was crooked. She was seen sewing again on Thursday but then on Friday she was ripping again, because the start was wrong. She began the work again on Saturday, but slept all Sunday, because she was so overworked...
Given how much retro-lacing/Peneloping I'd done on my lace it seems that the song was written for me :) Just today, I was humming "szyla baba, szyla baba, szyla baba worek" because, even though it's not Friday, the start was definitely wrong - I'd forgotten to set in the Magic Loop... :(
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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