{"id":6876,"date":"2014-08-18T13:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2016-09-05T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T14:59:42","slug":"the-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/the-weaver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Segoe Print;font-size: medium\">Dear Readers, many of you might find today\u2019s blog quite challenging in that we haven\u2019t translated the whole text into English but instead have concentrated on a selection of words and grammar. However, if you have any difficulty understanding what I\u2019ve written please leave a comment and I\u2019ll be pleased to help you out. In fact it\u2019s very useful to us to know which particular aspect of Italian grammar and vocabulary our readers need help with. Siete pronti per la sfida?<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #646b86\">Photos by Geoff<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Tessere<\/span> \u00e8 davvero un\u2019arte! Non avevo mai tessuto in vita mia fino alla settimana scorsa e devo dire che \u00e8 stata una scoperta davvero piacevole. Tutto \u00e8 cominciato questa primavera quando ho seguito una serie di corsi sugli <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">antichi mestieri<\/span>, e fra questi ci doveva anche essere <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">la tessitura<\/span>. Siccome per\u00f2 l\u2019insegnante di tessitura in quei giorni stava male, al suo posto abbiamo imparato una forma molto pi\u00f9 semplice di tessitura con cui abbiamo creato delle <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">passamanerie<\/span>. Lo scopo di questi corsi era di <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">formare alcune persone<\/span> in grado di rappresentare questi antichi mestieri nelle varie rievocazioni storiche che si svolgono durante l\u2019anno qui a Pontremoli e nei <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">paesi limitrofi<\/span>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"391\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"389\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1627.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1627 Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1627\"  alt=\"DSCN1627\" width=\"540\" height=\"473\" border=\"0\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1627_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"389\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #646b86\">Above: me standing next to the loom<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">Io avevo accettato di fare parte del gruppo della tessitura <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">pensando che avremmo semplicemente rifatto le passamanerie<\/span>, ma Clara, la nostra capogruppo, <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">aveva progetti ben pi\u00f9 ambiziosi<\/span>. Cos\u00ec, un paio di settimane fa mi ha chiamato dicendo che dovevamo prepararci per la festa degli \u201cMestieri nel Borgo\u201d a Ponticello. Ponticello \u00e8 un bellissimo paese in sasso a pochi chilometri a sud di Pontremoli. Qui tutti gli anni a met\u00e0 agosto fanno <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">una festa che rievoca la vita quotidiana del paese<\/span> nella prima met\u00e0 del Novecento.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"535\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1644.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1644 Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1644\"  alt=\"DSCN1644\" width=\"540\" height=\"410\" border=\"0\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1644_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #646b86\">Above: on the left Clara spinning the wool, on the right Vincenza and me weaving<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Nel giro di due intensi pomeriggi<\/span> io, Clara, Vincenza e Ilenia abbiamo imparato ad usare un vero <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">telaio<\/span> <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">verticale<\/span>. Abbiamo imparato a preparare <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">l\u2019ordito<\/span> e a <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">legarci i pesi<\/span>, ad attaccare<span style=\"color: #9b00d3\"> i licci<\/span> che <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">servono a separare i fili dietro dell\u2019ordito da quelli davanti e farli muovere alternatamente<\/span>, e ovviamente a tessere. Tutte queste parole e queste azioni mi erano totalmente oscure fino a dieci giorni fa, ma <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">ce l\u2019abbiamo fatta!<\/span> E cos\u00ec per quattro sere ci siamo vestite da contadine e abbiamo tessuto la nostra <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">tela <\/span>davanti a <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">centinaia <\/span>di visitatori curiosi. Non solo le donne, ma anche tanti bambini e tanti uomini hanno voluto provare a tessere e <span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">sono rimasti affascinati<\/span> dalla magia di quest\u2019arte.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"535\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1632.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1632 Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1632\"  alt=\"DSCN1632\" width=\"540\" height=\"410\" border=\"0\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1632_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #646b86\">Above: here I\u2019m threading the wool while Vincenza is checking that the warp threads are not getting tangled together<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">E quante foto ci hanno fatto! Vincenza ha detto: \u201cScommetto che neanche Sofia Loren \u00e8 mai stata fotografata cos\u00ec tanto!\u201d Sono state quattro serate molto intense ma molto belle e soddisfacenti che ripeter\u00f2 senz\u2019altro.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #9b00d3;font-size: large\"><em>Vocabulary and grammar:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">tessere<\/span> = to weave \/ weaving<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">antichi mestieri<\/span> = old trades<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">la tessitura<\/span> = weaving<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"535\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1690.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1690 Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border-width: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1690\"  alt=\"DSCN1690\" width=\"540\" height=\"410\" border=\"0\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1690_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #646b86\">Above: my first passamaneria woven on a loom made from an old vegetable box<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">le passamanerie<\/span> = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treccani.it\/vocabolario\/passamaneria\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">the trimmings\/braids<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">formare alcune persone<\/span> = train some people<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">rievocazioni storiche<\/span> = pageants<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">paesi limitrofi<\/span> = surrounding villages<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">pensando che avremmo semplicemente rifatto le passamanerie<\/span> = believing that we would simply make the trimmings again<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Clara \u2026 aveva progetti ben pi\u00f9 ambiziosi<\/span> = Clara had far more ambitious projects<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">una festa che rievoca la vita quotidiana del paese<\/span> = a festival that recreates the daily life of the village<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">Nel giro di due intensi pomeriggi<\/span> = within two long afternoons<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">il telaio verticale<\/span> = the upright loom<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">l\u2019ordito<\/span> = the warp<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">legarci i pesi<\/span> = to tie the weights onto it (the warp)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">i licci<\/span> = <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heddle\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">the heddles<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">servono a separare i fili dietro dell\u2019ordito da quelli davanti e farli muovere alternatamente <\/span>= they are used to separate the warp threads on the back from those in front and make them move alternately<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">ce l\u2019abbiamo fatta!<\/span> = we made it! from the idiomatic verb <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/ce-la-fai\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u201cfarcela\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/a> = to succeed, to manage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">la tela<\/span> = the fabric<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">centinaia<\/span> = hundreds<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9b00d3\">sono rimasti affascinati<\/span>\u00a0 = were fascinated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1690_thumb-350x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1690_thumb-350x266.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/08\/DSCN1690_thumb.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Dear Readers, many of you might find today\u2019s blog quite challenging in that we haven\u2019t translated the whole text into English but instead have concentrated on a selection of words and grammar. 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