tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post6576441949842213144..comments2023-05-03T05:12:35.672-05:00Comments on Ephemeral Chaos: Gird Your Loins7-letter Deborah, never a Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05946072810080876542noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post-80092719469423306972010-06-11T12:13:04.849-05:002010-06-11T12:13:04.849-05:00Ok, that's absolutely retarded. My grandmother...Ok, that's absolutely retarded. My grandmother has been making crocheted slippers every year for christmas by having folks stand on a piece of paper and tracing their feet. She learned it from her grandmother, who was born in 1877. Something tells me she didn't invent the method.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post-86128767554795011532010-06-11T12:03:58.511-05:002010-06-11T12:03:58.511-05:00As a fellow reenactor may I request that you post ...As a fellow reenactor may I request that you post this information on some of the forums, such as the Sewing Academy and the Authentic Campaigner? This information would be invaluable to members of both groups and it is unfortunate that people do not have access to it. Thank you so much for taking the time to pursue this topic.Micailanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post-62595887895686328942010-06-11T11:47:54.344-05:002010-06-11T11:47:54.344-05:00wow. what a load of crap. i've also read about...wow. what a load of crap. i've also read about paper patterns used in knitting/crochet. actually i think i read about it when i was making my knitted spenser jacket . if i remember correctly, they suggested making a paper pattern and then knitting the pieces to the shape of the paper pattern. they also had directions to make one, but i think they mentioned that making a paper pattern would be better. i'd have to go back and look to see for sure. i guess i don't feel so bad now for not keeping up with the lists.Anna McClurghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924367696371374833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post-9099018716820435642010-06-10T23:21:12.566-05:002010-06-10T23:21:12.566-05:00I didn't finish reading this post. I got to &q...I didn't finish reading this post. I got to "several other knitters and crocheters and none of us have seen anything like this" and had to come right down here to comment. <br /><br />Look, I may not be a civil war buff and but I have been using paper crochet and knitting patterns since I was 12 damn years old. Those mittens we worked on earlier this year? Paper pattern. <br /><br />I'm all for primary source material and I understand the desire for a particular method to be documented, but...WHAT? SERIOUSLY? Not only did you supply primary documentation, she rates the "several other knitters and crocheters" as being somehow MORE valid than oh, say, one of the most well known and oft-cited crochet and knitting sources of the era? <br /><br />And what of imagination? Can you conceive of a paper pattern? Well then, so can someone during the Civil War era and OH LOOK, Our Heroine has helpfully provided documentation. <br /><br />Grrr! Let me at 'em, LET ME AT 'EM!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076179400397222538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36960369.post-82822651713513098492010-06-10T18:39:51.220-05:002010-06-10T18:39:51.220-05:00Well, if I approached my scholarship that way, I&#...Well, if I approached my scholarship that way, I'd be censured. Primary source evidence is the only & the final arbiter of all assertions about history. Period. It's the interpretation that differs & can cause historiographic debates (sometimes quite heated, at that) but scholars who are caught deliberately suppressing evidence are treated as harshly as those who plagiarize or falsify.<br /><br />BTW, crochet is peculiarly suited to the paper pattern approach. I have lots of examples from the French journal La Mode Illustree (sorry, I can't quite manage italics) that include instructions for working to a paper pattern. <br />(1862 pattern for a air of slippers, e.g.) I have others but don't want to burden the blog with a long post.<br /><br />SilvanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com