Regarding: > Finally, I reread the recent PieceWork article on oya and noticed that the > oya in the last picture (the headscarf belonging to Linda Ligon) had a very > 'plastic' look. So that's why I think that these coarse nylon threads are > being used for oya in Turkey. Maybe someone has a few oya at home and can > confirm or deny my guess? >
I think you are right. I don't have any new oya to prove it, but IIRC in the article on bebilla in "In Search of a Curious Mind" (an Interweave Press publication, now o.o.p.) there is a photo of a scarf trimmed with the traditional shapes, so from a distance it looks like any other, up close it is tiny pieces of foam rubber sewn to the edge of the scarf. The article was written prior to 1990; the comment was that more readily available materials had taken place of the traditional. I would think that that hadn't changed over the last decades. My copy is deep in the lace room library and if I can locate it, will confirm. The articles in the book were well-documented. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
