[ptx] faster stitcher

Bruno Postle bruno at postle.net
Sun Nov 23 19:17:47 GMT 2003


On Sat 22-Nov-2003 at 06:58:53PM -0500, Ed Halley wrote:
> 
> And what will you call the new stitcher?  Are there any Norse myths
> about needle-wielders or seamstresses?  ;)

Well there were the Norns, who weaved the tapestry of fate:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns

Urd, Skuld & Verdandi.

The Greek and Roman equivalents were the Moirae: Clotho, Lachesis &
Atropos and the Parcae: Nona, Decima & Morta.

-- 
Bruno


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