Comments on: Fiber at the Mission Espiritu Santo in Goliad http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/ Crafty stuff, crafts for charity & some indie stuff Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: RecycleCindy http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/comment-page-1/#comment-6957 RecycleCindy Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:27:59 +0000 http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/#comment-6957 Glad to have met your through BC. I love the yarn you are showing. Best wishes. Glad to have met your through BC. I love the yarn you are showing. Best wishes.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 Melissa Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:02:50 +0000 http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/#comment-6928 That sounds like an interesting trip! I'd forgotten until I read this entry, but I was interested in weaving and spinning when I was a kid -- I had a little plastic loom (with which I mainly made little potholders and coasters for my grandmother, one of which she STILL has!) and I remember being fascinated by accounts of how early U.S. settlers used indigo to dye things blue. I'm not sure why I found that so interesting, but I did. Maybe we should dye yarn together someday (my apologies in advance to Jeff, also, haha). That sounds like an interesting trip! I’d forgotten until I read this entry, but I was interested in weaving and spinning when I was a kid — I had a little plastic loom (with which I mainly made little potholders and coasters for my grandmother, one of which she STILL has!) and I remember being fascinated by accounts of how early U.S. settlers used indigo to dye things blue. I’m not sure why I found that so interesting, but I did. Maybe we should dye yarn together someday (my apologies in advance to Jeff, also, haha).

]]> By: Paula Frey http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 Paula Frey Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:18:10 +0000 http://www.crafterbynight.com/2008/02/25/fiber-at-the-mission-espiritu-santo-in-goliad/#comment-6922 Oh, I love trips like these. I was lucky growing up in Upstate NY as there are countless day trips you may take to various Forts, Museums, Historical Villages, Churches etc. Reading your blog entry made me nostagic for that chapter in my life. One my favorite activities was to watch the artisans including the loom weaver and the blacksmith. Though there was this one gigantic loom that petrified me. I don't think I would have your keen insight to the historical accuracy of the information presented. However, I do remember going one year to a French Fort near the border, where the Indians were potrayed in a slightly negative light one year and the very next the program was completely redone to portray the settlers in a negative light. Times they were a changin'. Oh, I love trips like these. I was lucky growing up in Upstate NY as there are countless day trips you may take to various Forts, Museums, Historical Villages, Churches etc. Reading your blog entry made me nostagic for that chapter in my life. One my favorite activities was to watch the artisans including the loom weaver and the blacksmith. Though there was this one gigantic loom that petrified me.

I don’t think I would have your keen insight to the historical accuracy of the information presented. However, I do remember going one year to a French Fort near the border, where the Indians were potrayed in a slightly negative light one year and the very next the program was completely redone to portray the settlers in a negative light. Times they were a changin’.

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