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Re: Famous sweaters from the Zlatibor region of Serbia

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From: Maggie White (mwhiteaz_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Sat Mar 12 2005 - 19:20:20 PST

Melissa,

These sweaters are wonderful. I've had some memorable sweaters in the
past that I can't part with, even though they've..."shrunk." I think I
remember you from a conference as rather tall; do they fit your height
and arms?

Maggie

Melissa Enderle wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thought I'd share one of the crafts that Serbia is famous for. The
> mountainous region of Zlatibor is known for its hand-made 100% wool
> sweaters. Typical ones like you see on this webpage
> http://www.handmade.co.yu/ are brightly colored and contain village scenes
> or plant motifs. Today one of the women from the village came to school with
> some sweaters and had them on a table in the lobby right in front of the
> computer lab. I was "obliged" to take a look and one in particular called my
> name. 

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