BUT SERIOUSLY

As the winter is drawing to a close ( but it is still quite cold) I should post the last pictures of my sojourn in Paphos! In the first I am at a friend's house, with a lovely view to the sea. 

The others are from my aunt's fantastic crochet! She happily allowed me to photograph some of her work for The Lipstick Papers 😀 You can see that her talent is considerable!

Crochet was among the most important pastimes for Victorian women. Victorian women's periodicals feature fantastic designs for crochet. Middle-class Victorian women had to stay at home: it was one of the defining features of the middle class that the wife and daughters stayed at home, because the men had the financial means to support them. So middle class women used the spindle and yarn to channel talent, intelligence and energy.

Rather sad, you will say. I guess it was. Still, the Victorian age left us wonders of handiwork. Many women enjoyed embroidery and fanciwork, and could make it a profession when times were difficult.

Now women's fanciwork is seriously studied by women historians, art historians and gender studies experts.

Have a good night, and take beauty always with you! 💋🌹💄💝😀❤👠
P.S. The title comes from Phil Collins's mega selling album But Seriously.
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