tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post1219981479823776928..comments2023-06-07T12:33:51.003+02:00Comments on Doni's Delis: eye candy for weaversDonatellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886033683495649632noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-43499081470264899112011-07-09T02:43:00.353+02:002011-07-09T02:43:00.353+02:00Imagine the quality and the quantity of work, poss...Imagine the quality and the quantity of work, possibly done but just three people!! The mind boggles at the possibility of what one human person can do, and what three of them can do together. I'm still so much in awe, Doni.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-15992299139249506172011-07-08T14:55:12.365+02:002011-07-08T14:55:12.365+02:00Rachael, silk skeins are unwound on the swifts and...Rachael, silk skeins are unwound on the swifts and then wound again on wooden bobbins for the warp. <br />That tool is only for yarns that come in skeins. Another machine does the same with yarn from cones.<br /><br />Meg,<br />when I recovered I asked a billion questions and now of course I'd ask a billion more. There were only three women working there: Stefania, her mother and a young worker. It's always been a family business, set up by Stefania's grandfather. <br />And I didn't shoot the exterior (too concentrated on the interior I suppose!) - ok, I have to go back there! This is one of those must-see places , whenever you decide to visit Italy!Donatellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886033683495649632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-51951782383370620142011-07-08T10:58:51.707+02:002011-07-08T10:58:51.707+02:00What a wonderful place to visit! I am hyperventila...What a wonderful place to visit! I am hyperventilating too!<br />And such fine fabric.....samplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569023578350980786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-11217870230626122932011-07-08T08:39:46.506+02:002011-07-08T08:39:46.506+02:00super !!! :)super !!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-10287529237112095602011-07-08T03:14:36.252+02:002011-07-08T03:14:36.252+02:00What a great bird's eye view of another weaver...What a great bird's eye view of another weaver's work.<br />Thanks for this.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-54130718213223106832011-07-07T23:46:18.702+02:002011-07-07T23:46:18.702+02:00I wanna go there!I wanna go there!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147165626178639004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-17087280420341037122011-07-07T23:33:37.770+02:002011-07-07T23:33:37.770+02:00Oh, not fair. Their website is Flash base, and I ...Oh, not fair. Their website is Flash base, and I can't copy/paste the text to to translate. <br /><br />Has the mill existed since 1500 or are they recreating the textiles from as long ago as 1500? How big is it? Many employees? Did you shoot the exterior, too? Oh, so much I want to know!!!!!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-56694949707554942372011-07-07T23:27:54.761+02:002011-07-07T23:27:54.761+02:00Oh. My. God. And you didn't faint? Did you...Oh. My. God. And you didn't faint? Did you hyperventilate? Because I am, over here.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-19552523392520668852011-07-07T23:19:58.532+02:002011-07-07T23:19:58.532+02:00In the first picture on the shelf there is a row o...In the first picture on the shelf there is a row of bobbin-type wheels. some with yarn, most without...what are those for? Are they just a sort of swift?Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808819296971082360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928240248111600977.post-59727816400267841712011-07-07T21:22:49.123+02:002011-07-07T21:22:49.123+02:00This looks very interesting. Yes, it must have fel...This looks very interesting. Yes, it must have felt like being in a sweetshop for weavers ;-)Margreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523746856134451449noreply@blogger.com