tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post5632322543433802812..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Textiles, history, and missed cultural cues. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-26687975387329459632014-01-25T00:17:09.354-05:002014-01-25T00:17:09.354-05:00Great stuff. It's not easy to start posting ag...Great stuff. It's not easy to start posting again after a hiatus, but I'm very glad that you are writing again.Anita Figuerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240334818475032860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-22843509311205923552014-01-23T21:16:48.293-05:002014-01-23T21:16:48.293-05:00Your essays are fascinating. I am so glad you are...Your essays are fascinating. I am so glad you are back to posting...Your posts remind me to evaluate, consider context, open my eyes... Gotta go knit on my sock.Pinkskatinggirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-47157870523471130182014-01-23T17:08:31.420-05:002014-01-23T17:08:31.420-05:00A teensy nitpick, but you say "This is one of...A teensy nitpick, but you say "This is one of the reasons Spanish ships are a favorite for salvage archaeologists to look for."<br /><br />Archaeologists are not interested in silver coins - most nautical archaeologists are far more interested in the ships themselves than anything on them.<br /><br />Salvers are people who are really *just* interested in taking valuable things (especially gold and silver) off of old shipwrecks, and are usually happy to destroy any historical materials to get at it. <br /><br />Your statement is conflating the two - I promise they have very different agendas and approaches to shipwrecks!<br /><br />Otherwise, you make some really great points about material wealth, colonialism, and art form the period. I especially liked your analysis of EI's portrait post Armada.Heather Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463353620196609752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-88245735003819644422014-01-22T20:42:03.840-05:002014-01-22T20:42:03.840-05:00I love how you pull all this stuff together.
Addi...I love how you pull all this stuff together.<br /><br />Adding to the expense of black, laundering and sun-drying would fade it, so it needed to be re-dyed if the wearer wanted it to stay dark.<br /><br />Imagine the fun of taking one of those garments to bits to re-dye them!Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-29319524078324247262014-01-22T17:34:29.716-05:002014-01-22T17:34:29.716-05:00This is brilliant--thank you!This is brilliant--thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807986016489509644noreply@blogger.com