Comments on: Do you knit? http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-7367 Grannymar Thu, 15 May 2008 22:13:34 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-7367 Sixty I'll not be knitting for a few months. Curtains for Elly's new house come first. Sixty

I’ll not be knitting for a few months. Curtains for Elly’s new house come first.

]]> By: Getting Ourselves Ready for “The Home.” Bring On The Revolutions. | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-7365 Getting Ourselves Ready for “The Home.” Bring On The Revolutions. | Baby Boomer Going Like Sixty Thu, 15 May 2008 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-7365 [...] if we only knew a good place to get Irish wool. The Irish knitter in my blogroll gets her wool from Nepal. Go [...] [...] if we only knew a good place to get Irish wool. The Irish knitter in my blogroll gets her wool from Nepal. Go [...]

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4508 Grannymar Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:36:24 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4508 WWW thank you for the information about the Sari Silk. It is hard to judge from a picture on the internet what it might be like. The sea silk sounds interesting, I never heard of it before. Maybe one day you will blog about it and let us see a picture. Healing wool... we could all do with that! WWW thank you for the information about the Sari Silk. It is hard to judge from a picture on the internet what it might be like.

The sea silk sounds interesting, I never heard of it before. Maybe one day you will blog about it and let us see a picture. Healing wool… we could all do with that!

]]> By: Wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4507 Wisewebwoman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:28:46 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4507 Hi GM: I'm an avid knitter when I can due to time constraints and have used the wool you describe. Very very hard on the hands and messy if you wash it, I will experiment some more with the washing and drying. maybe when I get back to NL. I'm currently working with a healing wool from the deep sea, a sea silk, and it leaves my hand so soft.... good luck!!! Hi GM:
I’m an avid knitter when I can due to time constraints and have used the wool you describe. Very very hard on the hands and messy if you wash it, I will experiment some more with the washing and drying. maybe when I get back to NL.
I’m currently working with a healing wool from the deep sea, a sea silk, and it leaves my hand so soft….
good luck!!!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4499 Grannymar Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:53:25 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4499 Welcome Nancy2. I have to call you that as we have another party girl called Nancy who regularly visits from your side of the pond. Thanks for the information on the sari silk. Just the kind of feedback I was looking for. Tell Sixty I said Hi! Welcome Nancy2. I have to call you that as we have another party girl called Nancy who regularly visits from your side of the pond. Thanks for the information on the sari silk. Just the kind of feedback I was looking for.

Tell Sixty I said Hi!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4497 Nancy Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:31:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4497 I bought that yarn through ebay. I tried knitting with it however, I thought it was way too stiff. Also had lots of little sticks, etc. in it. A friend came over to help me organize, ha! my yarn and I gave it to her for helping me. Good friend, huh? I should ask her if she's tried using it. Goinglikesixy says "hey" I bought that yarn through ebay. I tried knitting with it however, I thought it was way too stiff. Also had lots of little sticks, etc. in it. A friend came over to help me organize, ha! my yarn and I gave it to her for helping me. Good friend, huh? I should ask her if she’s tried using it.

Goinglikesixy says “hey”

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4486 Grannymar Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:18:46 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4486 Steph ~ is there any part of you not touched by a surgeon? I think we should hold an exhibition of our nuts, bolts and screws? Nancy ~ How is the Pope's sister tonight? I loved your piece at The Elder Storytelling Place this week. I made all my own clothes when I was in my late teens and early twenties. I at that time was what they call now a size zero. Not by choice I might add It was difficult to find clothes to wear. Dress dances were populat and i made a new dress for each one. It didn't take much fabric to cover me!!!!! :lol: Steph ~ is there any part of you not touched by a surgeon? I think we should hold an exhibition of our nuts, bolts and screws?

Nancy ~ How is the Pope’s sister tonight? I loved your piece at The Elder Storytelling Place this week.

I made all my own clothes when I was in my late teens and early twenties. I at that time was what they call now a size zero. Not by choice I might add It was difficult to find clothes to wear. Dress dances were populat and i made a new dress for each one. It didn’t take much fabric to cover me!!!!! :lol:

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4485 Nancy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:35:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4485 Grannymar, I have never knitted. I tried my hand at sewing for a few years but gave it up because of what I noticed people saying to me about my dresses. They would look at me in my handmade dress and say,"Oh, what a lovely dress. Did you make it yourself?." I would very proudly smile and say,"Yes, I did." Then it dawned on me. If I bought a dress in Macy's and wore it to a gathering, NO ONE asked me if I had made it myself! So, I concluded that something about the way the sleeve was set in slightly crooked or the zipper was not straight, gave me away as a "Not so great" seamstress. AND, truth be told, the money I spend on material and notions was far more than I would have spent on a nice dress that no one asked if I had made it myself..... Grannymar,

I have never knitted. I tried my hand at sewing for a few years but gave it up because of what I noticed people saying to me about my dresses.

They would look at me in my handmade dress and say,”Oh, what a lovely dress. Did you make it yourself?.” I would very proudly smile and say,”Yes, I did.”

Then it dawned on me. If I bought a dress in Macy’s and wore it to a gathering, NO ONE asked me if I had made it myself! So, I concluded that something about the way the sleeve was set in slightly crooked or the zipper was not straight, gave me away as a “Not so great” seamstress.

AND, truth be told, the money I spend on material and notions was far more than I would have spent on a nice dress that no one asked if I had made it myself…..

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4484 steph Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:30:53 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4484 Ouch! Grannymar - those tooties of yours sound horribly painful. I don't have any pins to brag about but I do have a large metal screw. It was meant to be a permanent fixture in my shoulder following surgery about 20 years ago but it dislodged itself :eek: and caused the surgeon great embarrassment :D Ouch! Grannymar - those tooties of yours sound horribly painful.

I don’t have any pins to brag about but I do have a large metal screw.

It was meant to be a permanent fixture in my shoulder following surgery about 20 years ago but it dislodged itself :eek: and caused the surgeon great embarrassment :D

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4483 Grannymar Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:25:05 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/02/20/do-you-knit/#comment-4483 Chris ~ I have a great collection of knitting and crochet needles and I discovered a pattern book of baby items. It had the crocher pattern I used for Elly's christening dress and pants. Chris ~ I have a great collection of knitting and crochet needles and I discovered a pattern book of baby items. It had the crocher pattern I used for Elly’s christening dress and pants.

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