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In reply to the discussion: Traditional Norwegian embroidery [View all]

KitSileya

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6. Yes! And it's even worse now that so much of it is dying out.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:41 AM
Jun 2014

There's a generation lacking there, where women were overwhelmed with work and home, where they simply didn't have time to learn these things, and so when the grandmother generation (or rather great-grandmother generation) dies out, we will lose a lot of cultural knowledge. The last government created a red list of endangered craft techniques, like they do with endangered species, to try to identify what is in danger of being lost, and to try to gather as much knowledge about the ways of doing stuff as possible. As a childfree person who likes crafting, I hope to learn some of these things so that I can carry them over to future generations. It would be such a loss if we were to forget these techniques just when we are in an excellent position to document them with videos, pictures, easy sharing and publishing.

BTW,
Here's a horrible pic of me in my national costume:
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Traditional Norwegian embroidery [View all] KitSileya May 2014 OP
That is beautiful. I can't imagine how many hours you have put into that. Arkansas Granny May 2014 #1
Thank you. KitSileya May 2014 #2
Wow. Congratulations. I wish I had that kind of patience. SunSeeker May 2014 #3
It looks gorgeous. SheilaT May 2014 #4
Gorgeous!!! pipi_k Jun 2014 #5
Yes! And it's even worse now that so much of it is dying out. KitSileya Jun 2014 #6
Very nice photo... pipi_k Jun 2014 #7
No, it isn't. KitSileya Jun 2014 #8
WOW! catchnrelease Jun 2014 #9
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