Since November, 2007, we have received:

Stockings from:

Deb W from MA

Veronica M (two pair)

Virginia S

Melanie Anne (two pair)

Linda F

Liz P

Deb W from Texas

Cindy S

Leslie H

Salley C

Gloves from:

Rosemary C (two pair)

Liz P

Julie S (two pair)

The interpreters have been coming in all week, picking up their period clothes and choosing new knitted stockings from this fantastic collection. So far everyone has found a pair they like and that fit. Thank you all so much; without your generosity we would not have had any knitted stockings to distribute.

Gloves are also going away; some people who had been wearing many-times-mended yet still hole-full gloves have brand-new warm ones now. Thank you.

It has been rather busy in the office this week; people coming and going, trying on things, trading, choosing, taking away….

I will get some photos of interpreters in the new knitted goods and share them with you. Thanks again.

So many people answered our call for volunteer knitters that we have used up our yarn budget for the year. If you’d like to knit, or you’d like to knit some more, let me know and I’ll put your name on our knitters list for next year. Next winter I’ll order more yarn and send out kits again.

Lace samples have arrived from Mary D, Norma B and Carolyn W. They are all just beautiful. I hope to have good news soon about scheduling lace making.

To order a kit for either the embroidery or the lace, send an email to Kathy at kroncarati@plimoth.org or call her at 508-746-1622 X 8114. Kits are $40 each plus $5 for shipping. Included in the $40 is a $20 tax-deductible donation which directly supports the project. For more information, you can email me at jhall@plimoth.org or leave a comment.

Here’s Tricia:

I had to get these pictures up on the blog as it just shows the magic of doing this project. Here we see the last day of session 1 after moving back to the Wardrobe department. One of our intrepid stitchers, Carrie, is working away and one of the interpreters marched in to do a little work after her shift in the village. The meeting of the old and new. I didn’t get a picture of her making copies at the Xerox (so funny), but it is always fun when the interpreters walk in and can finally speak in our current century. Being able to share the project back and forth puts you in a bit of a time machine! That is the magic of living history.

Now a bit about our stitchers. The young lady in this picture is Carrie Midura. She runs a business in making historically accurate clothing for re-enactors (www.cherrydawson.com). I found her profession so interesting. Being a professional - Carrie embroidered like a woman on fire and made wonderful progress all week. As a young embroiderer myself, I was really happy to look around the room and find many of the women there in their early 30’s. As we are hoping that this knowledge base won’t die, I was thrilled to find many who were working at a high level of skill and were interested in being involved. Now we have to pass it along to our younger friends.

Tricia