re: [lace-chat] cotton warp quilts/PEI
It is true there is a French contingent (Acadians) who live on Prince Edward Island, and the French word for quilt might have found its way into the local English usage, as bedcovering. I am not sure of that, though - although it doesn't really matter at this point. The largest ethnic group is people of Scottish descent. I was interested to find out that the province's patriotic song was written by LMM herself. Other interesting facts about PEI (but not about cotton warp quilts!) can be found here: http://www.empyrean.ca/home/peiinfo.html It is a jewel of an island, only about 6000 sq. km. in area bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island - approx. 31,000 sq. km ( a good deal of it uninhabitable), west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re:[lace-chat] cotton warp quilts
Hi everyone and Karen who asked, further to my response to the ? about cotton warp quilts, I got this info from someone a little more familiar with the 'province' (literally and figuratively) of LMM than I am (hi Nova from PEI) go here to see an illustration of Rachel with her knitting and in paragraph two, a reference to her knitting http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/anneofgreengables/AnneofGreenGables/Chap1.html >From an on-line study program, the following is offered: > Mrs. Lynde knits cotton warp quilts. Cotton warp yarn was sold instores and identified as such on the label. It was soft and was principally used for weaving (personally I'd question whether it was soft or not, until after being washed of the sizing, which would have been important if it was used principally for weaving - a moot point at this stage to be sure) Perhaps my first guess that it was leftovers frm the weaving mill - was too ambitious a theory, and that 'cotton warp' refers only to the labelled yarn - if, for instance Sayelle was in the stores at the time, Rachel could have been making a 'Sayelle' quilt... Interesting use of the word 'quilt' with 'knitting' however... -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] Cotton warp quilts (fwd)
I wrote: > read the Anne books for ages (and ages...eek) I don't know if LMJ used and of course I meant LMM (Lucy Maud Montgomery) -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on warm, pleasantly drizzly Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [lace-chat] Cotton warp quilts
Hello Karen and everyone these are, I think, coverlets comprised of knitted squares, at a time when thread ends from the weaving mills would be cheaply available. Not having read the Anne books for ages (and ages...eek) I don't know if LMJ used the word 'quilt'as a general term for bed covering - I did however more recently find instructions for "Lancashire squares" - knit on two needles but forming a square when finished, the reference was a woman who had knit them from the thread she took home from her job at a mill (presumably in Lancashire - England). -- 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-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
