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As someone who knits and sews myself, I have to say - wow, this woman's list of finished pieces is impressive. I'm curious about the change of format about a page into the diary, from a list of pieces worked on to more comments on her social relations. '''I wonder why she changed her focus in what she deemed important to write about. T'''he list seems to come mostly before she was married, so maybe developing her skills as a housewife was important to her? She mentions a gift for her future husband among her products. Whereas after she married, maybe her role in the community became more important? I wonder why that would be? -- Katie C. | As someone who knits and sews myself, I have to say - wow, this woman's list of finished pieces is impressive. I'm curious about the change of format about a page into the diary, from a list of pieces worked on to more comments on her social relations. '''I wonder why she changed her focus in what she deemed important to write about. T'''he list seems to come mostly before she was married, so maybe developing her skills as a housewife was important to her? She mentions a gift for her future husband among her products. Whereas after she married, maybe her role in the community became more important? I wonder why that would be? -- Katie C. | ||
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| + | I loved this entry! What I find interesting is that she made many items, stockings, pocketbooks, etc but did not do her own dress making. Could it be that the stockings were a form of "fancy work"? I know the making of pocketbooks were, because of all the stitch on them, particularly Irish stitching. Also find in interesting that even though she is wealthy she was called to help deliver a child. --Jennifer S. | ||
== Landon Carter complains about his female slaves (1771-1773) == | == Landon Carter complains about his female slaves (1771-1773) == | ||
