tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post8400363543529982910..comments2023-10-31T08:46:53.714-07:00Comments on One More Stitch: “Pine-apple” Purse from The Lady’s StratagemOne More Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09785559985798967214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post-84289645510953726812010-12-09T17:27:38.994-08:002010-12-09T17:27:38.994-08:00p.s. now I can't find "ganse" on p.1...p.s. now I can't find "ganse" on p.192, but it occurs elsewhere in the book. The two "berret" forms and the man's cap look interesting too.<br />Luckily the hat drawing wasn't lost in the debacle of the folded illustration pages.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post-33387459521097019402010-03-04T12:36:18.099-08:002010-03-04T12:36:18.099-08:00Sounds like a very interesting book. I really lik...Sounds like a very interesting book. I really like the unexpected whimsy of the pineapple purse, very well executed madam!A Homely Heroinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263478567921453478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post-5330476012432157082010-02-18T09:33:48.571-08:002010-02-18T09:33:48.571-08:00Fascinating source, that "Manuel". Page ...Fascinating source, that "Manuel". Page 192 begins a section including "ganse" which appears to mean a kind of twisted cord. I wonder whether there is any connection between that and the word "gansey" - could it be that two words collided, French "ganse" and Channel Islands dialect "Guernsey"?=Tamarnoreply@blogger.com