When I first began examining laces and knittings of my hometown, I did not think I would find

enough material to fill two volumes. As I began visiting villages, I encountered more material

than I expected and I decided to prepare the second voulme about laces. Actually, I had

already gathered enough material for my book in the first years of my travels to Kadirli. I was

planning to work on weavings in my last visits. However, I found such laces in villages I visited

that I could not stay indifferent. Most of the laces I saw had both very interesting names and

shapes. This is how this second volume emerged.

I also saw once more that same materials were still in use in almost every region of Kadirli and

the skill and art was kept alive by being taught to young people by elder women. Sadly, I also

encountered many laces whose names were already forgotten. This came to me as a sign of the

end of an era.