tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post1589624654690232034..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-60007887324378286512011-06-12T16:34:54.546+01:002011-06-12T16:34:54.546+01:00One could just imagine plants twining (like yarn) ...One could just imagine plants twining (like yarn) S-twist or Z-twist!GrannyPurplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70640972701144821972011-06-09T05:56:23.801+01:002011-06-09T05:56:23.801+01:00If you assume you are perched on a
ladder or an el...If you assume you are perched on a<br />ladder or an elevated deck over the vegetable garden, looking down at the top of the bean pole, plants that twine counter-clockwise/anti-clockwise as they climb the pole are described as twining in a right-handed spiral. <br /><br />Spirals are a nuisance to describe.<br /><br />If you hold your right hand up in front of you with the thumb pointing leftward, and the forearm slightly angled, you are looking at the back of your hand. Turn it so the thumb now points rightward: the tip of the thumb moves up and to the right. If the thumb continued around and upward, it would then appear to move up and to the left behind the metaphorical beanpole. That's a right-handed spiral.<br /><br />The left-handed spiral is the same idea but done with the left hand. The left-handed spiral is sunwise or deosil, because we arrogantly assume we are above the north pole looking down at the earth when we describe the apparent motion of the sun in the northern hemisphere during the spring.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-22895008907289978922011-06-07T01:27:46.519+01:002011-06-07T01:27:46.519+01:00If you want to use your saddles as swatches you mi...If you want to use your saddles as swatches you might want to know about Janet Szabo's FLAK pattern here: http://www.bigskyknitting.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BSK&Product_Code=BSKD-FLAK&Category_Code=BSKD-PATTDIG. <br />The saddles are knitted first, then the body is picked up from their edges, etc. It's one of many ways to knit a top down sweater a là EZ.....Maureen Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-77220505454579951762011-06-06T23:00:49.073+01:002011-06-06T23:00:49.073+01:00The evidence points in both directions but more an...The evidence points in both directions but more anti-clockwise than clockwise.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-83564560235063426592011-06-06T15:11:22.252+01:002011-06-06T15:11:22.252+01:00Sorry for the confusion, Jean. I forgot to add th...Sorry for the confusion, Jean. I forgot to add that I generally sleeves top down, so I can end the saddle with live stitches. I know this makes the stitches run in the other direction from the body, but it has never troubled me. I put in little french bush beans this year, so no way to look at twining. We do, however, have lots of bindweed!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-69539840353760812902011-06-06T11:43:48.873+01:002011-06-06T11:43:48.873+01:00My runner beans haven't even germinated yet (g...My runner beans haven't even germinated yet (got them in rather late), but I'll have to check when they get big enough to climb!<br />The song referred to by Annie is on one of the Flanders and Swann LPs At the Drop of a Hat. The words are at http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fas/hat_misal.html<br /><br />ClareG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-12655068094267852542011-06-06T11:04:04.318+01:002011-06-06T11:04:04.318+01:00Good luck with the stitch and slash ... you're...Good luck with the stitch and slash ... you're a much braver woman than I !<br /><br />I hope you don't mind that I used a link to your blog in my recent blog post on the blogroll as a great leveller ... I imagine Jared Flood would have a lot to learn from you. Nothing beats experience :)<br /><br />Re. the runner beans I'm sure I've read somewhere that the direction of circumnutation is mostly constant to species wherever in the world a twining plant is grown.<br /><br />Anyone remember the words to the old song about the right handed Honeysuckle and the left handed Bindweed who fell in love but could never 'marry' as their offshoots would not know which way to turn?Anniehttp://knitsofacto.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89622878157754616352011-06-06T09:32:18.004+01:002011-06-06T09:32:18.004+01:00It is dark and raining right now but I will take a...It is dark and raining right now but I will take a look in the morning!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-56182175636812368472011-06-06T09:25:45.130+01:002011-06-06T09:25:45.130+01:00I just Google-imaged runner beans and it seems you...I just Google-imaged runner beans and it seems you're right - they do climb anti-clockwise! Similarly, sweet peas; if it were'nt raining so much I'd venture in to the garden to examine the clematis...<br />Perhaps it's something to do with the direction in which the water comes out of the watering can?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com