tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4252340111787909077..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-81703748085986247112014-03-01T04:38:33.200+00:002014-03-01T04:38:33.200+00:00I sort of liked Vine's / Rendell's first n...I sort of liked Vine's / Rendell's first novels. I really liked her middle ones. I find that her later ones are just too dark for me to enjoy. I can't remember the title just now, but I started one in which the character was worried about some letters he had been receiving. After an hour of unrelenting dark reading, I tossed it into the give-away bag. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-18547134209561927812014-02-26T23:44:51.480+00:002014-02-26T23:44:51.480+00:00Beautiful knitting. I don't find that crocuses...Beautiful knitting. I don't find that crocuses and their ilk make me better, but they can make feeling awful marginally easier to bear. Hope the unwellness starts to lift soon, you have my sympathies, I find nausea extremely hard to bear.The Foggy Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052717128048264313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-4045453790368237632014-02-26T17:23:17.339+00:002014-02-26T17:23:17.339+00:00Jean, thanks SO much for the link to the Scientifi...Jean, thanks SO much for the link to the Scientific American piece. Have forwarded to my statistician expert knitter/crocheter/quilter colleague who has used crochet to tutor young boys in match. <br />So sorry you're not feeling well, sorry to comment so rarely - usually get to just skim the blogs every 2nd weekend or so.<br />- Beth in TorontoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-28404001346661808712014-02-26T17:09:41.294+00:002014-02-26T17:09:41.294+00:00Ah! Mousa broch! In 2000 we took the ferry out to...Ah! Mousa broch! In 2000 we took the ferry out to Musa, saw the broch and the basking seals. We also saw several great skuas - the bonxie.<br />I thought the Barbara Vine odd. I've read a number of her books before, and there is usually a disturbing sense of menace, as she unpicks a convoluted family structure. In this one, she did seem intent on proving a point. Poor old Maud gets very little sympathy, but the book within a book seems pretty joyless altogether - the key relationship appears to have been a romantic illusion from the start.<br />I do hope that you return to the doctor soon, if you continue to feel no better.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-76627977898185600562014-02-26T15:31:11.511+00:002014-02-26T15:31:11.511+00:00Thanks for the suggestions! We will definitely hav...Thanks for the suggestions! We will definitely have to make some time for Edinburgh!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777204951726974573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-8961214387497131762014-02-26T14:25:13.987+00:002014-02-26T14:25:13.987+00:00One of my Captcha workds was Scotland! :-)One of my Captcha workds was Scotland! :-)Gerrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-57629542544198245972014-02-26T14:23:28.214+00:002014-02-26T14:23:28.214+00:00I apologize for that vague book reference. Here i...I apologize for that vague book reference. Here it is: Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects, sarah-marie belcastro (Editor), Carolyn Yackel (Editor).<br /><br />I got home way too late last night to do any looking at the SciAmer vs Belcastro/Yackel book. I think it has slid onto the weekend, or later, pile.<br /><br />Since knitting is all about counts and shape, it makes perfect sense that some will see the mathematics clearly.<br /><br />About that needle end: any finger nail polish or other enamel about? a dab of color on the bend end would catch my eye.<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon. Perhaps it just is taking time to clear the osteoporosis med from your system.<br />Gerrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-61729082794099975872014-02-26T13:04:25.948+00:002014-02-26T13:04:25.948+00:00I think that after blocking that lace will look li...I think that after blocking that lace will look like more than half. Lovely! I started Mansfield Park last night and was too sleepy to keep at it. I will be traveling for work, so I think a nice quiet plane ride might do it. Still hovering around zero F here. We may never see a crocus again. I finished a heavy sweater for myself, thinking I might not get a lot of use until next year. Hah!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-31173596087340440782014-02-26T09:29:41.053+00:002014-02-26T09:29:41.053+00:00Oh dear. Sorry to hear that the crocuses are not w...Oh dear. Sorry to hear that the crocuses are not working. They lifted my spirits considerably yesterday! (That and riding my bike in the bright sunshine and gusty wind - it was most invigorating).<br /><br />Would it help to say: it took several weeks for my medication induced nausea to go away, so don't give up hope about the new regime. However, I think you are right to return to your GP. <br /><br />I do hope today (gloomy and wet, again) goes better for you in all things.Knitlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694849211711608460noreply@blogger.com