Dear Sue, Yes I have been watching and enjoying it. I wasn't sure about her regular head gear - a falling cap with lappets - it could have been Broidery Anglaise, or some such, but the one she ironed and wore for Christmas Dinner looked like a simple Bedfordshire lace. I did wonder if a farmer's wife would have worn such a frippery cap on her working days - it looked a bit too much like "best" - wouldn't she have worn more practical mob cap?
They do appear to know and relish what they are doing, but I was a bit puzzled in the first episode when they appeared to be ploughing and sowing immediately after harvest - winter wheat sowing is a modern practice - the fields all lay fallow through the winter - one of the reasons for our decline in farm birds. I've come to the conclusion some of it was filmed out of order. It is on BBC Iplayer, still both episodes so far but I'm not sure if that's just for UK IP addresses. Worth a look. Regards Louise In gloomy wet Cambridge but who is glad she is not suffering the North American Winter at present. > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:55:12 -0000 > From: "Sue" <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] victorian clothing > > I wonder if any of the british lacemakers have been watching the Victorian > Farm on bbc 2 on thusday evenings or saturdays repeat. Ruth Goodman is > wearing the clothing of the time and 2 people living and working in a > victorian farm for 12 months. I have been watching her headgear with > interest, (sort of like the lappets, but my clothing vocabulary is sadly > lacking). > Did any of you see it and can you tell me if they are needlelace or > bobbinlace? Apart from that, of course the rest of her clothing is > hardwearing and very servicable. She was doing the laundry this week and > showed the blue we spoke about on arachne, last year and why it was used. > Sue T, Dorset UK off to get the dinner served. > > - - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
