Earlier in July, Ninetta posted about tatting with silk
thread. That brought to mind something I read somewhere about thread hurting
the ear. I couldn’t remember the details, but Ninetta talking about hearing a
sound that resembled a violin stayed with me.
Many of the concerts during Carmel Bach Festival are general
admission with no assigned seating. You must find a pew to plunk down in. The
Fire Department usually gives a maximum number of people allowed in the
building, so that’s where they get the maximum number of tickets. The trick to
getting a good seat is to arrive several minutes before the doors open and join
the line, if there is a line. I don’t mind sitting and waiting; especially if I
have some tatting to work on. I figured taking a tatting book to look for that
quote would be wiser than the projects I’m currently working on. No beads to
lose down the aisle!
I found the quote!
Taken from the Author’s Note in the reprint of All New
Knotless Tatting by Dora Young. (It’s about half way through the edition I have
on my desk. What would be page 22 if the pages were numbered in succession.
“During my illness, most threads ‘grated’ on my eardrums and
made them very sensitive, but I had no difficulty working with D M C .”
So, Dora Young’s had very acute hearing. No ear bud damage or
tinnitus. Thank you Ninetta for helping us understand more about this wonderful
tatter from earlier times.
That’s interesting. No radio or television on in the background either.
ReplyDeleteYour thinking along the same lines as I am. No traffic going by, no distant sirens, or horns. Just silence to focus on the shuttle and thread.
DeleteThanks Mel, lovely that you pointed that out and explained it too, I got the book and read the phrase again, I realise now that I hadn't understand what she wrote, I thought to an ear illness
ReplyDeleteI'm sure some of the people surrounding her thought she may have an illness in her head. What would they think of my constant ringing in my ears from tinnitus?
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