tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2801811070636492898..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-41168555614873862412007-12-24T14:11:00.000+00:002007-12-24T14:11:00.000+00:00Full spectrum lights work wonders for SAD! I agree...Full spectrum lights work wonders for SAD! I agree about January though ...just knowing the days are getting longer is a boost.<BR/><BR/>The scarf looks great in those changing colors.Lynne Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543548341235648744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-24942060630571926302007-12-19T19:19:00.000+00:002007-12-19T19:19:00.000+00:00Hi, Jean,Reading your plans for a pilgrimage to EZ...Hi, Jean,<BR/>Reading your plans for a pilgrimage to EZ's london dwelling. I was amazed recently to pick up a leaflet advertising workshops in Colchester run by EZ's niece, on two colour stranded knitting and the like. She claims to have samples knit by EZ herself and doubtless would be able to shed light on family history. Would you like the phone number?shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-7509060388418058952007-12-19T17:31:00.000+00:002007-12-19T17:31:00.000+00:00I drove along D. Place this morning. I'd have stop...I drove along D. Place this morning. I'd have stopped dead if I'd seen a woman taking a photo of a Silk Garden scarf, belive me! It's lovely. :-) (The scarf, that is, though D. Place is pretty nice too.)<BR/><BR/>Mc.A`s have a sale on, did you know? I went in for some Rowan beads, and left with all sorts of tastey titbits.Spinningfishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709744732495957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89895168617162017782007-12-19T16:27:00.000+00:002007-12-19T16:27:00.000+00:00To knititch: I think you're confusing balaclava wi...To knititch: I think you're confusing balaclava with baccala (stress on the last syllable). Balaclava is a hat that can be pulled down to protect the face and neck; baccala is dried and salted cod. It’s fun to think that both of these could be knitted items!<BR/>These two wikipedia articles illustrate:<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_cod<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaclava<BR/><BR/>To Jean: It sounds like you’re very much affected by the short, dark days of winter. I encourage you to get outdoors in the sunlight when it’s available. And take heart – the days will start getting longer very soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-86748824668814925192007-12-19T13:34:00.000+00:002007-12-19T13:34:00.000+00:00i think the scarf is great and that dickeys are mo...i think the scarf is great and that dickeys are most fashionable as are bowtie scarves. in danish we call them balaclavas (klipfisk) which is a whole different story in english. and all of a sudden it struck me thata balaclava is not a middle-eastern cookie but a portuguese dry fish and everything made sense (shapewise). <BR/>i think i looked up stitchionaries on bookdepository and then my old heroine enid blyton emerged as the writer of a mon tricot oop stitchionary. and she has written a children's book called the magical knitting needles or something like that. so it may be the same enid blyton.<BR/>i always felt a bit confused about ez's digressions, and of course it is none of our businesses to make logic of her story, but as you say, she published her life-story which is quite unusual for a knitting goddess.knititchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143430462744751602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-1014272560323018802007-12-19T12:32:00.000+00:002007-12-19T12:32:00.000+00:00I feel like an idiot -- have not been following TH...I feel like an idiot -- have not been following THIS scarf making and so of course went "huh?" when I saw the picture. Must go back and read past posts again.<BR/><BR/>Found another use for leftover Silk haze from Earth Wrap I haven't started yet/mohair I didn't use at all -- the candy stripes stole from the Holiday Interweave Knits. I'm only thinking though -- too much Xmas stuff/bad cold to knit. But after the 25.... yahoo! Your scarf is lovely, and the colors fabulous!<BR/>Interesting about EZ -- maybe someone will ask Meg S about this. EZ, as I am sure you know, is an "American" phenomenon, or was, when she was first published. I asked British friends about her, and they said, "who?" But we Yanks love her, as she taught us to think a little about what we actually do. Sorry -- I sound ancient here! MaryjoOMaryjoOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861945604000052572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47814712612103588382007-12-19T09:44:00.000+00:002007-12-19T09:44:00.000+00:00How very nice the scarf looks now you have managed...How very nice the scarf looks now you have managed to get a little sunshine to show the colours!jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com