deedly-ball

[Patty Davies]

I've never heard of this descript either.  And I pulled out my oldest
sewing book, copyright 1972,and it was called "knotted fringe" and says
"Before fringing an edge, make a test tassel to decide best length and
thickness.  There are two methods for making knotted fringe."  Doesn't
mention attaching a ball to the tassel.

interested in dealy-ball stuff for no particular reason :}

Patty


  At 10:18 AM 12/19/03 -0800, you wrote:
>another member of the deely-bob etc. family that we talked about here a
>while back: "deedly-ball", which i encountered in a comic essay on gay
>life, "POP QUIZ--How "Martha Are You?", in Joel Perry's _Funny That
>Way: Adventures in Fabulousness_ (Los Angeles/New York: Alyson Books,
>2001).  p. 164:
>
>   Phenomenally successful as she [Martha Stewart] is, there are still
>among us who think flower-patterned drapes with deedly-ball fringe are
>chic.
>
>the meaning is perfectly clear from the context (especially if you've
>seen the curtain style in question), but the label is new to me.
>
>a google search nets only one citation, and that's perry's original
>essay as published in Instinct magazine of 11/12/98.  there are no hits
>for "deely-ball" or "dealy-ball".
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu), on the fringe