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History of Craft Instruction at Home
History of Craft Instruction at Home The Wall Street Journal (Thursday, January 3, 2013) featured an article in the Personal Journal column titled “Made By Hand, Learned Online” about online, interactive courses available on many subjects which can be studied at home. Online learning has been available for some years, but in-home study has been…
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Blog Review 2012
Blog Review With the end of the year I want to review several of 2012 blogs. April 13th Knitting and Crochet Work In this discussion I introduced Bernice Pearl and Ethel Trujillo 2 fellow volunteers at the Southside Branch of the Santa Fe Public Library. These two ladies and their “sewing circles” produce…
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Blog Review 2012
Blog Review With the end of the year I want to review several of 2012 blogs. April 13th Knitting and Crochet Work In this discussion I introduced Bernice Pearl and Ethel Trujillo 2 fellow volunteers at the Southside Branch of the Santa Fe Public Library. These two ladies and their “sewing circles” produce…
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Holiday Traditions
Holiday Traditions We are so very fortunate to be living in Santa Fe where there are many different cultures and traditions. Especially around the holiday season there are concerts, ballet and dance performances. The plaza is alight with decorated Christmas trees and a large menorah celebrating Hanukkah. There are farolitos ( brown paper bags filled…
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Holiday Traditions
Holiday Traditions We are so very fortunate to be living in Santa Fe where there are many different cultures and traditions. Especially around the holiday season there are concerts, ballet and dance performances. The plaza is alight with decorated Christmas trees and a large menorah celebrating Hanukkah. There are farolitos ( brown paper bags filled…
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A Christmas Cheater Cloth
A Christmas Cheater Cloth Last night we had a snowfall in Santa Fe. Not a lot, just enough to cover the ground. Everyone was quite excited, firstly because we have had no moisture at all for months and secondly our weather has been unusually warm for this time of year, not very holiday-like to shop…
My thoughts on Textile History by Margy Norrish