tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2409456858277305470..comments2024-03-29T15:15:12.231+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-75194351958187843802015-02-02T12:26:47.191+00:002015-02-02T12:26:47.191+00:00I can't remember if I've made this suggest...I can't remember if I've made this suggestion before.<br /><br />With Archie's jumper being large and unwieldy, place it in a large bowl (a salad bowl) in your lap. To rotate the jumper, simply give the edge of the bowl a spin.<br /><br />I have used this many times, with a metal mixing bowl which is very lightweight.Moorecathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231619758940001287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-28713694811929383182015-01-28T22:53:39.980+00:002015-01-28T22:53:39.980+00:00Jean - maybe now would be the moment to visit Be I...Jean - maybe now would be the moment to visit Be Inspired Fibres in Marchmont? Mei has some really nice yarns, and plenty of things that are silky http://beinspiredfibres.tictail.com/Knitlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694849211711608460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-71916307026979570792015-01-28T19:31:51.574+00:002015-01-28T19:31:51.574+00:00have you looked at the Colourmart site? They somet...have you looked at the Colourmart site? They sometimes have pure silk.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-50786734115221989802015-01-28T17:02:11.452+00:002015-01-28T17:02:11.452+00:00I like the sentence with which you ended your post...I like the sentence with which you ended your post. It sounds poetic!<br />IngeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-56214940546993638972015-01-28T16:25:04.064+00:002015-01-28T16:25:04.064+00:00re dialect - I enjoyed the Shetland programme - th...re dialect - I enjoyed the Shetland programme - thank you! However, I found it a bit strange to hear the dialect in that context. When I return to Cumbria, which has a similarly distinctive accent and dialect, it always amazes me to hear assistants in a department store speaking "broad" between themselves, in a manner they would not use to customers. For example, "water" is pronounced with a short "A", as in "Cat", and "one" is "Yan" in the dialect. As children, we were stongly discouraged from speaking "Broad". My father, who had travelled the world, definitely saw it as limiting one's opportunities not to use Standard English. Has that changed in the last fifty years, I wonder?shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-36176241727415278982015-01-28T15:29:22.793+00:002015-01-28T15:29:22.793+00:00I knew exactly where they were standing in the mus...I knew exactly where they were standing in the museum too, Jean, and those underwear fascinated me. I still can't imagine being sewn into something in the fall and not released until the following spring. kristieinbchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620113214111945592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-26629912794561887582015-01-28T13:59:10.874+00:002015-01-28T13:59:10.874+00:00I think the infamous pashmina might be too heavy a...I think the infamous pashmina might be too heavy and soft. What about Linen? I did enjoy the speakers on the Shetland show, and recognized dialect words from the Ann Cleeves Shetland books. Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-67840543189633111762015-01-28T11:56:25.205+00:002015-01-28T11:56:25.205+00:00I do love the Luxury Beaded Pocket Square on Rav. ...I do love the Luxury Beaded Pocket Square on Rav. Without the beads! Isn't Pashmina a worsted weight? Maybe drop down to fingering for less bulk and more suppleness? How nice to know that your skills are in demand!skeindalousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-1063100986508429092015-01-28T10:08:34.122+00:002015-01-28T10:08:34.122+00:00Have you seen this site? They do pure silk lace a...Have you seen this site? They do pure silk lace and sock weights.<br />http://natalistewart.co.uk/<br />Many of the male carers in our area are African graduate students trying to pay their course fees. I found that they did not have the same attitude towards the work (or my husband) as his favourite, a Polish carer - extremely well trained and proactive and a nice guy to boot.<br />I loved the comment on the Shetland programme from the lady who saw her knitting as 'wearable art' and so didn't sell much. When asked what she did with it she said, with a laugh, "I'm amassin' it!" Hatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-31175292955738527212015-01-28T09:29:01.251+00:002015-01-28T09:29:01.251+00:00"infamous" - I like that! I am still tre..."infamous" - I like that! I am still treasuring the way a young, enthusiastic school head referred to the hot meals her pupils were now getting - they were "fulfilling".So much more expressive than being correct would have been.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com