tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post3388664967838539352..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-42567834401630838072007-02-25T07:55:00.000+00:002007-02-25T07:55:00.000+00:00oh i have a penchant for the irish. never ever ha...oh i have a penchant for the irish. never ever have i met nicer people when traveling. i was so taken with the language, the sweetness and everything. i expect cottish people to be very much the same. met a few at work lately and i adore the language as well. but this is of course from a tourist's point of view.knititchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143430462744751602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-54760626154799659452007-02-25T01:34:00.000+00:002007-02-25T01:34:00.000+00:00Jean, I'm with you on the disappointment about the...Jean, I'm with you on the disappointment about the new Addi sizing starting at 2.5. And the KnitPicks circulars come in 2.0 and 2.5, not 2.25 (they do come in 3.0, which I often need, and 3.25). BUMMER. I am always looking for good, smaller needles. I knit *loosely.* It's a good thing, but causes needle problems! I'm frequently on 1.5 and 1.75. Addi Turbos come in 1.5 circular. For the 1.75, I've been using straight steels from Lacis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-79306493342568259532007-02-24T20:50:00.000+00:002007-02-24T20:50:00.000+00:00Laritza is right, don't switch needles. 0.25 make...Laritza is right, don't switch needles. 0.25 makes a difference even in sock yarn, according to several bloggers who had used mismatched needles. I think EZ said she could adjust the knitting tension to knit larger, if the needles were too small, but even she would have had trouble trying to use a larger needle to knit smaller.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the new needles could be used for a different project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-22897820590045083402007-02-24T20:20:00.000+00:002007-02-24T20:20:00.000+00:00Darn it and phooey. I'd heard about the Addi lace...Darn it and phooey. I'd heard about the Addi lace needles a while back, and the one question I had was whether they were going to have a 2.25 or not, since I don't think Addi does in the regular line, IIRC.<BR/><BR/>Phooey. I was hoping this would be the lace needle Eldorado or somesuch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49718559201424579262007-02-24T16:00:00.000+00:002007-02-24T16:00:00.000+00:0021 points in six minutes.... Jean, I hold you ENTI...21 points in six minutes.... Jean, I hold you ENTIRELY responsible. It's half time, and we are now at 24:10. I don't know if I dare watch the rest of it!<BR/>I don't mind who wins the other games, but I do like the Irish anthem, which always sounds so hopeful and cheery...so much better than our dirge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47551939920933045092007-02-24T15:22:00.000+00:002007-02-24T15:22:00.000+00:00Jean, I think the incident you are referring to is...Jean, I think the incident you are referring to is the following, which I have lifted straight from Wikipedia: British police auxiliaries entered the ground, shooting indiscriminately into the crowd killing 13 during a Dublin-Tipperary football match. The dead included 12 spectators and one player, Michael Hogan. The latter, Tipperary's captain, gave his name posthumously to the Hogan stand built four years later in 1924. These shootings, on the day which became known as Bloody Sunday, were a reprisal for the assassination of 14 British Intelligence officers, known as the Cairo Gang, by Michael Collins' squad earlier that day.<BR/><BR/>So what exactly is your problem with the Irish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-36652931442836783232007-02-24T15:05:00.000+00:002007-02-24T15:05:00.000+00:00Actually this courier has some KnitPicks needles o...Actually this courier has some KnitPicks needles on order to bring along to the UK. I haven't tried them myself but thought the various knitters I was meeting might be interested in them...I've heard nothing but good about them.<BR/><BR/>I also have some of the Lace Addis on order but they weren't available quite yet...they are expected in the shops soon. From what I've read they have a coating over the brass, not nickel and a little rough, so they aren't as slick as the Turbos. Personally, I'm not a big fan of lace knitting on slick needles so I'm looking forward to trying the Addis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-26961605979627441852007-02-24T14:54:00.000+00:002007-02-24T14:54:00.000+00:00I would not change needle size. 0.25 of a centimet...I would not change needle size. 0.25 of a centimeter does not sound like much. It does make a big difference in gauge.Laritzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380883584186444453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-17813649326802593962007-02-24T14:26:00.000+00:002007-02-24T14:26:00.000+00:00PLEASE root for Ireland. It's a big day here and ...PLEASE root for Ireland. It's a big day here and we're hoping there are no unpleasant incidents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-13914317954657338672007-02-24T12:44:00.000+00:002007-02-24T12:44:00.000+00:00Jean, apparently KnitPicks have brought out some n...Jean, apparently KnitPicks have brought out some new circular needles (not the Options set) which are the bee's knees for lace knitting.<BR/><BR/>I saw one last week and felt I really needed to have some of these in my life, as I also spend too much time easing stitches over joins.<BR/><BR/>Don't you have a pusher/enabler in the States who could send/bring them over? Perhaps the Koigu courier?Moorecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231619758940001287noreply@blogger.com