Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
Sep. 19th, 2014 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joexnzThe Greek Fates knitted, well dealt with yarn.
To paraphrase from Wikipedia
Clotho, spun the thread of life, Lachesis measured it and Atropos, cuts the thread.
Or if your’re Romanised, Nona, Decima and Morta.
So watching history unfold, has a long connection with yarn. Of course knitting itself has a long history, which has a Wikipedia entry.
In which Scotland has its own section. So it seems somewhat appropriate to be watching the referendum result with knitters. I believe we did this at the guillotine as well.
I’m knitting Rocky’s gloves, with Ashford tekapo 8 ply in green. He’s part kitten and should have part mittens, or at least fingerless gloves. I’ve made a decent one on the 4th attempt. Once I’ve done the second one, its back to vertices united.
Another knitter is knitting a scarf with James C Brett, Marble Chunky, waterfall stitch scarf with moss stitch.
I feel someone should be doing some fairisle or arran, but never mind.
On reading the Wikipedia entry, knitting used to be just the knit stitch, the purl came into the archelogical record in the mid 16th century. Knitting stitch was present in the early 13th century. Pictorial representations show garments knitted circular and cut (steeked!!!). Which is the traditional way fair isle is knitted in Scotland. This did get me wondering about the difference between what’s historical and what’s traditional. More on that tomorrow I suspect.
now caffeine.....
To paraphrase from Wikipedia
Clotho, spun the thread of life, Lachesis measured it and Atropos, cuts the thread.
Or if your’re Romanised, Nona, Decima and Morta.
So watching history unfold, has a long connection with yarn. Of course knitting itself has a long history, which has a Wikipedia entry.
In which Scotland has its own section. So it seems somewhat appropriate to be watching the referendum result with knitters. I believe we did this at the guillotine as well.
I’m knitting Rocky’s gloves, with Ashford tekapo 8 ply in green. He’s part kitten and should have part mittens, or at least fingerless gloves. I’ve made a decent one on the 4th attempt. Once I’ve done the second one, its back to vertices united.
Another knitter is knitting a scarf with James C Brett, Marble Chunky, waterfall stitch scarf with moss stitch.
I feel someone should be doing some fairisle or arran, but never mind.
On reading the Wikipedia entry, knitting used to be just the knit stitch, the purl came into the archelogical record in the mid 16th century. Knitting stitch was present in the early 13th century. Pictorial representations show garments knitted circular and cut (steeked!!!). Which is the traditional way fair isle is knitted in Scotland. This did get me wondering about the difference between what’s historical and what’s traditional. More on that tomorrow I suspect.
now caffeine.....
