tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790425923241370525.post6219076293287914843..comments2024-03-29T05:42:22.949-05:00Comments on FolkCostume&Embroidery: Lielvarde costume, Vidzeme Province, LatviaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790425923241370525.post-88282132594785202032014-03-19T23:08:56.687-05:002014-03-19T23:08:56.687-05:00I am glad I found this page. My mother passed awa...I am glad I found this page. My mother passed away years ago and always mentioned that the folk dress from Riga was different than that of other areas. I have a few pieces but nothing complete. Thank you for explaining the history behind the clothing. Paldies par dalīšanos. Ilona Krizmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772267326397174043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790425923241370525.post-52314973309701789772013-07-10T06:57:04.553-05:002013-07-10T06:57:04.553-05:00Thank you for this in-depth look at folk costumes ...Thank you for this in-depth look at folk costumes in Vidzeme. My family was from this region. I have one friend from far north Vidzeme in Ainazi but is here in the USA and she will enjoy looking at these pictures. She is in her 80's and remembers a time of festivals and parties where the women and men would wear their finest. We must not forget. You are keeping the traditions alive and available to those who search for a time most have forgotten. My Latvian knitting repertoire is now expanding into embroidery and someday, weaving. I can only imagine learning this craft under women as talented as those that have made these costumes in your pictures here. To think; machines didn't do this, hands, humble working hands did. My grandmother was taught at the Riga Textile school and wished to open her weaving shop downtown. She had all the supplies delivered and was ready to open the doors when downtown Riga burnt down. She fled with her brand new husband not long after and spent many years in a DP camp. Here in the states, she made wonderful needlepoint, cross stitch and crochet items. She would never sit at a loom again. It was too painful. I have her costume she made upon graduation from Textile School. The intricate stitching, the woven cloth, the details are breath taking. In a time where history is forgotten, there lies a beauty in the pain of a country struggling for their independence, the threads binding generations together forever. Many blessings on your studies! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491937167473908889noreply@blogger.com