"Richard Eney" wrote
>> Of course, "Egyptian" style nalbinding was used elsewhere, too,
>> most famously in pre-1492 South America, where it was done in tiny
>> stitches with fine thread and many colors to make everything from
>> vertical stripes covering the seams on a pouch to little birds,
>> animals, plants, and people all sewn into a lacy afghan.
>
>That sounds fascinating ...
I've seen one of the "afghans" at a Washington Textile Museum exhibit some years ago. There are some good photographs in books about South American archaeology that cover textiles.
[hooked knitting needles]> I believe Lacis offers them (NAYY).
>
>I don't understand that last sentence, I suspect you're talking
> from across the sea :-)
NAYY = No Affiliation Yada Yada Yada Yada = all the other usual statements that basically mean "I'm not getting paid to advertise them"
=Tamar