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Thread #39559   Message #1013427
Posted By: GUEST,MMario
05-Sep-03 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Knitting Songs?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Knitting Songs?
actuallly makes sense for there NOT to be knitting songs - because even though knitting may have been done in company - it was a solitary activity. no need to co-ordinate with another.

And though people don't realize it - most of the "knitting traditons" in the British Isles are less then 200 years old. (Not that people didn't knit - but women knitted for their own households. Aran sweaters, 'fisherman knit's; and most FairIsle patterns are relatievely young. Ditto with Shetland shawls, etc.)