OYA - Turkish Lace

Okay while at the blog where I discovered that Yoyo advent calendar, I fell in love with Oya.

http://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/2007/11/oya.html

http://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/2007/11/more-oya.html

So I summoned my friend Cassandra Morris and asked her to tell me more about this. Now she had actually done some in the past, but she crocheted it instead of used needles, so she did the form called orgu. With needle it is called oya or oyasi.

Now, some more information:

Needlework Through History

Pictures of Turkish Lace

Close up picture of some Oya

Allie’s in Stiches has some fabulous pictures and mentions how important it is to support the women making these in Turkish villages.

List of videos gathered by Sunshines Creations

Videos a friend gave me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPpuMHz5C7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBmtfyqz61U&feature=related

A beautiful article mentioning a name I read on Allie’s blog

I’m off to make more yoyo’s and contemplate a crocheted purse made with CD’s.

Kell