Don't you hate being sick!?
I have been down all this week with a nasty cold...I told my husband earlier in the week we should have taken out stock in the Kleenex company, I've used so many...
Of course, I can't really take a sick day, since classes for русский язык (Russian language) are a full time job and missing a day due to a cold is not worth the headache of catching up (especially when you already have a nasty headache!), but I sure have been taking it easy in my "off hours"...mostly because I haven't had the energy to do much other than finish my homework and lay prone on the couch!
Since tonight is Friday and I have ALL WEEKEND! to do my homework, I decided to really take the night off and watch a movie...
I have been a sucker for old-Hollywood cowboy musicals since I was a kid...for example, I used to love babysitting for a certain family because they had a copy of "Calamity Jane," a great western musical starring Doris Day and the dreamy Howard Keel...
I also love to read about the "Wild Wild West," and one of the books on my reading short list is about the Harvey Girls, a movement led by Fred Harvey, restauranteur of the old West.
Unfortunately, my copy of the book is currently chilling in storage, so I will have to wait until I get to Russia to read it...but the 1946 movie version of the story (also called "The Harvey Girls") is available on iTunes, and so I decided to buy it and indulge in a little Hollywood musical romance with не толка (not only) Judy Garland, но и (but also) моя любимая актриса (my favorite actress) Angela Lansbury!!
Seriously, I love her! "Murder She Wrote" is my favorite TV show! I own all the seasons...
Anyway, why I am I telling you about all this?
Because there is tatting in "The Harvey Girls," that's why!
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been on the lookout for tatting, just because it seems so little-known compared to knitting and crochet, but it pops up when you least expect it (and if you know what you're looking for)...
Anyway, even though in one song a girl sings about knitting, there are a few lovely examples of tatting in "The Harvey Girls," especially in this song, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe," which I found for your viewing pleasure on YouTube. Be sure to enjoy the tatting on the blue-dressed girl starting at the 2:00 mark!
That same girl has another dress with similar tatting in an earlier scene...it's wonderful!
I have also noticed something that looks a lot like tatting in Season 1 of Downton Abbey...see if you can spot it in this promo from PBS:
Watch Downton Abbey Season 1 Episode 4 Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.
So the moral of this post is, tatting is out there! All you have to do is look! :)
Here's hoping you can avoid the ick this winter, and find more tatting!
KF
PS: In case you were wondering, I have added another row+ to my frilling doily but have stalled out due to lack of time and desire to keep snot away from my lace! Hopefully I'll get back to business sooner rather than later...I have 17 motifs to go to reach my second 25! :)
I hope you soon feel better soon, I am stuck down I'll as we'll at the moment but in pain 24/7, So I hope you get rid of your cold this weekend and be able to catch up with your lessons.
ReplyDeleteDownton Abby has start yet another series in the uk two weeks ago, we are well in advance of you, yes there is tatting being worn on a few of the dress. The wedding dresses had a bit as well.
Margaret