tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5747900804211933279..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-29928798554799828162011-03-26T06:02:00.002+00:002011-03-26T06:02:00.002+00:00I'm having the same debate as you, Jean, regar...I'm having the same debate as you, Jean, regarding my Knitter's subscription. I'm going to drop it when it runs out. The magazine has become just an advertisement for their Stitches events, and the designs are ghastly or boring. If I then see an interesting issue, I can always buy a single copy at the local bookseller where my knitting group meets twice a week.<br /><br />Regarding funerals, when my sister, brother-in-law, and I were making our mother's funeral arrangements with her minister, I chose "Ave Maria" to be sung by a professional soloist, and "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" (Beethoven's Ode to Joy) to be sung by the whole congregation. The minister commented that he was pleased that the service would include such a celebration of joy.<br /><br />Mary G. in TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53299008520277689052011-03-26T02:22:49.402+00:002011-03-26T02:22:49.402+00:00I know how you feel about dropping Knitter's b...I know how you feel about dropping Knitter's but I did it 6 months ago and haven't missed it yet. One time I looked at it in a bookstore and couldn't even read a few pages. I read your blog every day. I hope all goes well on Monday. Mary in CincinnatiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-72446658670799435982011-03-25T17:40:41.153+00:002011-03-25T17:40:41.153+00:00Lots said but I do want to emphasize that Steven B...Lots said but I do want to emphasize that Steven Berg, StevenBe is a very competent knitter. The pink coveralls (after all, the shop is the Yarn Garage) does distract at first. I was looking at a pattern once at his booth at Yarnover. He stopped, turned and said, "if you knit that in anything other than the original yarn, make sure it is..." the rest was either "tightly spun s- twist or z-twist." Blew me away. Sometimes all a shop owner can talk about is wool vs cotton or worsted vs bulky. The niceness, humor and community involvements are just frosting on that cake.<br /><br />Two commercial concerns: http://stevenbe.com/ and http://www.yarngarage.com/Gerri in St Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-21196275036407272162011-03-25T15:26:59.948+00:002011-03-25T15:26:59.948+00:00Another blog I follow has a Rilke quote today ...
...Another blog I follow has a Rilke quote today ...<br /><br />http://weheartyarn.blogspot.com/2011/03/returning.html<br /><br />Love the story about the seamstress and your family connection.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614952972719472298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-27408056887477062692011-03-25T15:12:40.958+00:002011-03-25T15:12:40.958+00:00As has been said before me :-) StevenBe owns the Y...As has been said before me :-) StevenBe owns the Yarn Garage, south of St. Paul, MN. I believe it's in conjunction with his sister. He's a very clever and knowledgeable knitter, with a delightful sense of humor. He's also a very able marketer and salesman. Master of the skill of making middleaged women titter in reaction to his flamboyance. The shop has lovely yarns and has a beautiful sitting area to hang out in. It's on my list of favorite yarn shops ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-45201280872126364192011-03-25T13:08:56.272+00:002011-03-25T13:08:56.272+00:00On the tutor that won't give the extension--- ...On the tutor that won't give the extension--- some universities have gotten really strict about these things because lots of students lie to get extensions-- which means that it falls on the people who do actually have a funeral to go to to prove it.It is not uncommon to ask for a copy of the obit as proof. I know many faculty who do that. I give my students an extension of a few days depending on the relative (for parents I usually give all the time they need.) I had a student who was really upset about her great-uncle-- she came and told me all about how he was like a granddad to her and she had to go to his funeral, and I accepted that because it seemed genuine.<br /><br />On the other hand a good friend of mine who teaches at a major Midwestern university had a student ask if he could postpone a final because he was going out of state for a funeral, and my friend (a theologian) granted it. Two days later (when the student was supposed to be out of state) he ran into the student at the Gym. My friend was furious, and (I think) he was able to fail the student for a breech of the Honor Code.<br /><br />So the bad kids ruin it for everyone else.Angelhttp://knittingangel.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-88371671327546245452011-03-25T12:48:23.169+00:002011-03-25T12:48:23.169+00:00As Theresa said, StevenBe is the very flamboyant o...As Theresa said, StevenBe is the very flamboyant owner of two yarn shops in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He's become well regarded for fostering up and coming knitting designers and bringing them to The Cities. He's also very nice, when visiting his newer shop last Summer he invited my friend and me to sit and have a glass of iced tea and visit with him. I always look forward to YarnOver, the Minnesota Knitters Guild day of workshops and market, StevenBe will be there with a big booth dressed in a pink jumpsuit. This year he's bringing the Ravelry Crew to the market to meet us all.Maureen in Fargonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-30135402490335630052011-03-25T12:45:16.168+00:002011-03-25T12:45:16.168+00:00Steven Berg owns a local yarn shop (now too) here ...Steven Berg owns a local yarn shop (now too) here in Minnesota. He used to work in the fashion industry before choosing to live a quieter life. He is flamboyant and makes crasy stuff, but is also a genuine sweetheart. I think he and his sister own the business. He travels with his mother, who told me a wonderful tale of her escape from East Germany as a young woman. I think Addi is going for the boys.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-86836409895306476882011-03-25T12:18:21.381+00:002011-03-25T12:18:21.381+00:00go for it! I've had the knitter's for year...go for it! I've had the knitter's for years, but stopped it last year - and haven't missed it one bit! I think the quality of design has gone down quite a bit during the last 10 years or so:(( you can always renew it a year later, if you do miss it (and I am sure back issues would be available if must be:))Woolly Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961632742998726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6516934474907637522011-03-25T11:16:06.991+00:002011-03-25T11:16:06.991+00:00StevenBe is the IMO flamboyant owner of a yarn sho...StevenBe is the IMO flamboyant owner of a yarn shop in the St Paul MN area. He's into some avant garde knitting materials. Old cassette audio recording tapes was one.Theresa Inoreply@blogger.com