Pulled Thread about Pulled Thread

Free Republic ^ | 05/05/2003 | Chad Fairbanks

[Chad Fairbanks]

A thread asking why a thread was pulled was pulled... can anyone tell me why?

;0)

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

How many times do I have to say it? If you don't quit pulling your thread, you'll go blind.

My mom told me to quit pulling my thread or i'd go blind. I asked her if I could pull it just till I needed glasses.

[Dianna]

I don't think they'll pull it. Ever.

And if someone mis-spells something, it'll become a classic.

[Trace21230]

You could be right, we may be posting into the ten thousands. . .

[lentulusgracchus]

I think we should have a pulled thread pool. ...

I'm going to guess 146.

Okay, I want 122.

[terilyn]

I had a feeling you might!

[spodefly]

The Fabrics of Pulled Thread Embroidery

By Pat Fitzgerald
Originally published in Needle Arts Volume XXIII , Number 1 March 1992 .

Pulled thread embroidery has a long and colorful history, from being worn by Cleopatra circa 50 B.C. to adorning altar cloths in Germany in the 1200s. In the 1800s, it was made to imitate ace and was esteemed enough to have been included with ace in the practices of taxation and smuggling. It has been worn by the aristocracy and the peasantry aike.

The earliest documentation of the practice of pulled thread was in India, 320-340 A.D. Records indicated that pulled thread was done on filmy muslin and executed with silk threads. Evidence also indicated that around 1200 pulled thread was done on natural linen with colored silk and metal threads in Egypt, the Middle East, and Peru. The 1800s found Dresden (another name for pulled thread) being done in Germany on nearly transparent muslin. It also has been worked on Raffia cloth in West Africa and pina cloth (a cloth made from the bark of the pineapple tree) as well as hemp in the Phillipines. Down through the centuries, pulled thread embroidery has been done on fabrics of very fine thread counts of at least 100 threads to the inch.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Some things are just etched in your memory forever, you know. : )

[skinkinthegrass]

like a sweater?...

[Chad Fairbanks]

[terilyn]

And on your hard drive LOL!

[Chad Fairbanks]

The earliest documentation of the practice of pulled thread was in India, 320-340 A.D.

I remember those days - when we wanted to post on FR, we had to chisel it in stone...

[Oorang]

You have about 7 months to save all those beer pull-tabs to use as Xmas tree ornaments. They sure are cool when you string them together, interspersed with popped popcorn.

[Trace21230]

Perhaps this thread is a proper ZOT target, just to make things even more entertaining. . .

[jellybean]

I'm going to guess 146.

I'm pulling for ya, Trace!!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Are you volunteering? ;0)

[skinkinthegrass]

AH HA! An understandable answer...

[JRandomFreeper]

Good Lord, have you ever tried to PUSH a thread? Could take you all day to get it anywhere! Nope, pulling is exactly the right thing for threads.

I just tried a "real world" experiment. I pulled a thread. (Trill is p.o.'ed for me stealing a thread) One of the cats ate it. Now, I have to take Lefty to the vet in the morning. It's gonna screw up my entire day.

Then, I swiped another thread (Trill broke forth with threats of impovosational surgery) and I pushed it off of the table. Rebel ate that one, and the vet is expecting two cats.

Conclusion: Pulling and pushing are equally expensive at the vet's office.

/john

[Oorang]

Weenie. I'll go for 437.

[Dianna]

I remember those days - when we wanted to post on FR, we had to chisel it in stone...

:::sigh::: sadly, the tablets were lost in the great Looting Incident. Maybe. Possibly. Well, it really cannot be confirmed quite yet.

[terilyn]

Hey, I saw that episode of the Flinstones too!