Knitter amalemba ma glovu kuti asunge mapangidwe a Sanquhar
May MacCormick waku Sanquhar, ndi m'modzi mwa oluka omaliza omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chokwanira cha mapangidwe agulovu a Sanquhar.
Zinthu zapaderazi zakhala zikugwirizana ndi mudziwu ndipo kulengedwa kwawo kwasanduka luso lochepa kwambiri.
Mapangidwe awo a monochrome adayambira m'zaka za zana la 18 ndipo Meyi atsimikiza kuti mwambowu upitirire.
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Magolovesi a Sanquhar anali atalukedwa mwanjira yodabwitsa, yakuda ndi yoyera ndipo amagulitsidwa ndi anthu akumudzi kuti apereke ndalama zawo m'zaka za 18th ndi 19th.
May adati mapangidwe ambiri anali asanalembedwepo.
Pali mitundu 16 ya ma glovu olowa ndipo wapanga kale 11 pamapepala.
“Zinthuzi zimatayika ngati sizinalembedwe ndipo simukufuna pamwambo,” adatero iye.
"Pali mipata yokwanira m'mbiri ya kuluka kwa Sanquhar monga momwe ilili. Sitikudziwa komwe idachokera, tikudziwa kuti inali makampani ang'onoang'ono koma sitikudziwa kumene inachokera kapena pamene inayamba."
Kuluka magolovesi pa singano zinayi kumapanga zotsatira zopanda msoko
Chiwonetserochi chikuwonetsa mtundu umodzi wa sock ndi ma glove 16 a Sanquhar, ena omwe alibe dzina.
May amagawana zomwe akudziwa pochita ziwonetsero komanso maulendo opita ku A' The Airts community center ku Sanquhar.
Judith Hewitt, Woyang'anira Dumfries ndi Galloway Museums (Kummawa), adati: "Pofika m'ma 1770s, zidadziwika kuti Sanquhar idachita nawo zovala zoluka ndipo anthu ambiri mtawuniyi adagwira nawo ntchito yopanga zovala.
"Zitha kukhala kuti Sanquhar inali pamtsempha waukulu pakati pa Dumfries ndi Glasgow kotero inali ndi madera awiri omwe angagulitse nawo ndikugulitsa."
Sanquhar inalinso yodziwika bwino popanga makapeti ndipo lingaliro limodzi ndilakuti magolovesi poyambirira anali ndi zoluka zoluka, zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala amphamvu komanso olimba.
Mapangidwewo adapatsidwa mayina monga Cornet ndi Drum, Fleur de Lys, Prince of Wales, Pheasant's Eye ndi Shepherd's Plaid.
Chitsanzo chodziwika kwambiri, mapangidwe a "Duke" olemekezeka, omwe adatchedwa Dukes of Queensberry ndipo pambuyo pake Buccleuch, mwina adakweza mbiri ya zovalazo.
Mitundu ina imaphatikizapo mapangidwe a "Midge ndi Flea" ndi "Rose", yomwe idatchulidwa mu 1930, pambuyo pa kubadwa kwa Princess Margaret Rose.
May adaphunzira lusoli kuchokera kwa amayi ake, omwe adaphunzitsidwa ku Scottish Women's Institute (SWI) ku Sanqhuar.
Mofanana ndi ena ambiri, njira yoyamba imene anaphunzira inali ya Duke.
May anati: “Nditakwatiwa n’kubwera ku Sanquhar, m’pamene ndinadziŵikitsidwa za machitidwe ena onse osiyanasiyana ndi dona amene anali ndi ulamuliro pa izo.
"Pamene adaganiza kuti salukanso magolovesi, anali ndi magolovesi amtundu uliwonse ndipo adandifunsa ngati ndingakonde magolovesi ake ndipo ngati ayi, amapita ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale."
Mwachikhalidwe chakuda ndi choyera, zopempha zamakono za magolovesi zikupangidwa mumitundu ina
May adaganiza kuti magolovesi akuyenera kupita kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale koma adafunsa mayiyo - Jane Forsyth - ngati atha kupanga zofananira asanapite.
Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi, May wakhala akujambula zojambulazo.
Anati: "Pali 10 yosindikizidwa, pali khumi ndi imodzi yomwe yatsala pang'ono kutuluka kotero ndikungowadutsa momwemo panthawiyi.
"Ndimalemba momwe ndimalukira, ndimomwe ndachitira."
The Prince of Wales, Shepherd's Plaid ndi Midge ndi Flea ndi ena mwa mapatani omwe sanapangidwe mu mawonekedwe a squared.
Mkati mwa ma glovu 16 a Sanqhuar, asanu ndi anayi ali ndi mapangidwe a square, omwe May amawadziwa pamtima.
Koma wagwiritsa ntchito magolovesi ake ofananirako kulemba matani asanu ndi awiri.
Ananenanso kuti: "Makwerero ake anali osavuta chifukwa mawonekedwe ake ndi ofanana kwa onse, ndizomwe mumayika pabwalo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosiyana."
Magolovesi amalukidwa pa singano zinayi zazing'ono kwambiri kuzungulira kotero kuti palibe msoko.
Chimodzi mwamwambo ndikuluka zoyambira za eni ake mu khafu, kuti asinthe magolovesi.
May anati: "Chiwerengero cha nsonga zomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito, kuwonjezeka, kuchepa, chirichonse chiri chofanana koma ndi kukula kwa singano ndi makulidwe a ubweya umene umapanga kusiyana."
Iye wakhala akuyendetsa makalasi kuti aziphunzitsa anthu momwe angapangire magolovesi a Sanquhar ndikusunga mwambowu.
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May adalemba mawonekedwe a Duke, odziwika kwambiri pamapangidwe amagetsi a Sanquhar
May nthawi zina amathandizira kuluka pa A' The Airts center, koma nthawi zambiri amaluka magolovesi, monga momwe amachitira amayi ake.
"Zimangokhala pakamwa kwenikweni. Izi zikupita kwa mtsikana wazaka 15," adatero, akuonetsa magolovesi abuluu ndi oyera.
"Ndangomaliza kumene magulovu a anyamata ndipo mnyamatayo ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20. Ndikupeza kuti pali achinyamata ambiri omwe akuzifuna tsopano."